From Christian Persecutor to Beloved Evangelist, Remembering Pastor Stephen Lungu
2/11/2021 Zimbabwe (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Stephen Lungu died of coronavirus last month, January 19
th, at the age of 78. The beloved pastor will be remembered by many in Zimbabwe as one of the greatest evangelists of his generation, whose testimony and passion for Christ has been an inspiration to countless believers.
At five years old, Lungu was abandoned by his mother and sent to live in an orphanage where he was beaten on a daily basis. By the time he was 12 he was living under a bridge, addicted to drugs and the leader of a violent gang called the Black Shadows. Lungu remembers spiraling into a cycle of bitterness and hatred towards God, and made it his aim to terrorize Christians and kill anyone who carried a bible.