Talents

This year of 2023, Forward In Faith Ministries International also known as ZAOGA in Zimbabwe and Zambia and Assembleia de Deus Africana, ADA in Mozambique , we are working Talents.

Talents is whereby believers use their personal skills for income generating projects, the main goal being to fulfill that year's theme. The goal for 2023 is to  do home talents.

Individuals are excited about working talents as they compete for excellence.

God or Gold (Mari kana Mwari)

The origin of talents is that many years ago, Archbishop Ezekiel Guti was in USA for bible school training in Dallas, Texas. As he was about to go back to his home country of Zimbabwe, a certain business man offered him buses to support his ministry on the condition that Ezekiel Guti be under this rich man. Apostle Guti told the man that he had to ask God first before coming with an answer. God told Ezekiel that he had to chose between money or God's anointing. The lord's presence was going to depart from Apostle Guti if he had accepted being under this man. God told our Father Ezekiel, that he had to go and teach the women to use their hands to work talents. That is how it all began.

Talents in Midwest

Today talents are being worked by not only women but by men, the young and the old too. Believers in Midwest USA region in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, are selling jewelry, providing medical services, engineering, transport, bakery, education, caregiving, consulting, financial, cleaning services, communication and media, advising, information and technology, cybersecurity, food service, construction, ecommerce, etc. to work talents and raise money to purchase our church center in our region.

New King James Version  

The Parable of the Talents

14“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 16Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. 19After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

20“So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 22He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’ 23His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

24“Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’

26“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

29‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’