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A Church Reaches Out To Zimbabwean Migrants, January 2010
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Photo 1 of 9Credit: Charlayne Hunter-GaultMany Zimbabweans fleeing from the crisis in their country find refuge in Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church, where Bishop Paul Verryn, left, is their minister. -
Photo 2 of 9Credit: Charlayne Hunter-GaultThe bishop, seen sharing communion to migrants living in the church, has clashed with both government and church officials... -
Photo 3 of 9Credit: Charlayne Hunter-Gault... For the 'radical hospitality' he extends to the migrants... -
Photo 4 of 9Credit: Charlayne Hunter-Gault... To whom he ministers, for example by anointing them with oil. -
Photo 5 of 9Credit: Charlayne Hunter-GaultBishop Verryn, here listening to a staff member, was suspended from his duties by the Methodist Church of Southern Africa on January 19. -
Photo 6 of 9Credit: Charlayne Hunter-GaultThe children of many women living in the Central Methodist Church... -
Photo 7 of 9Credit: Charlayne Hunter-Gault... Were born there, including one-week-old Shawn. -
Photo 8 of 9Credit: Charlayne Hunter-GaultChildren playing in the church during a night service. -
Photo 9 of 9Credit: Charlayne Hunter-GaultA child living with her mother at the church.
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