Herbert Moyo

Jesus is Hiv Positive: Listening with Compassion to the Hiv Positive Through Clinical Pastoral Counseling Herbert Moyo

Zimbabwe is currently engulfed in a political dilemma resulting in untold suffering to citizens. Many Zimbabweans are now economic and or political refugees in neighboring countries and elsewhere. Zimbabweans are suffering economically and socially, these conditions are a fertile ground for the spread of the dreaded HI virus. Even though HIV- AIDS cuts across social classes, in Zimbabwe the infected and the affected are the poor and powerless, more so women, especially those in rural areas. The Lutheran church (ELCZ) is currently the only non-governmental organisation responding to HIV/AIDS in Matabo. Despite the ELCZ's effort to mitigate against the spread of HIV, it still spreads unabated. The ELCZ so far is using expert knowledge in responding to HIV/AIDS. It should be noted that the church is the body of Christ, so if one member of the church is living with HIV/AIDS (infected/affected) then the whole body (the church) is living with HIV/AIDS. The church has AIDS and if the church that has AIDS the body of Christ, therefore Christ has AIDS.