TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREAMBLE .......................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
SECTION 1 THE CURRENT SITUATION - WHERE DID WE AS A
NATION GO WRONG?.....................Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.1
INTRODUCTION : SO MUCH PROMISE...................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.2
YET SO MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT: WHAT ARE THE SOURCES? ................ Error!
Bookmark not defined.
1.2.1
Lack of a Shared National Vision .............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.2.2
Political intolerance ................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.2.3
Oppressive Laws ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.2.4
Failure to Produce a home grown democratic constitution
………………………..Error! Bookmark not defined.0
1.2.5
1.2.6
Economy Mismanagement………………………………………………………….11
Corruption…………………………………………………………………………..11
1.2.7
The Land Issue ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.2.8
Loss of Friends and our Isolation .............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.2.9
Inability of the Churches to Speak with One Voice on National Issues ............ Error!
Bookmark not defined.
SECTION 2 THE MANDATE OF THE CHURCHError! Bookmark
not defined.
2.1
THEOLOGICAL MANDATE .......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.2
HISTORICAL MANDATE............................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.3
THE CHURCH AS THE PEOPLE’S REPRESENTATIVE ...........Error! Bookmark not
defined.
2.4 THE CHURCH IN ZIMBABWE AS PART OF THE WORLD-WIDE BODY OF
CHRIST. .............................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.5
THE CHURCH AS A SIGN OF HOPE ............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
SECTION 3 VISION AND VALUES OF THE ZIMBABWE WE WANT
.............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.1
OUR VISION .................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2
CORE VALUES FOR NATION BUILDING .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.1
Spirituality and Morality............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.2
Unity-in-diversity ...................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.3
Respect for Human Life and Dignity......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.4
Respect for Democratic Freedoms............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.5
Respect for Other Persons ......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.6
Democracy and Good Governance ............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.7
Participation and Subsidiarity .................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.8
Sovereignty ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.9
Patriotism and Loyalty............................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.10 Gender Equity ............................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.11 Social Solidarity and the Promotion of the Family ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2.12 Stewardship of Creation ............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.