By A Correspondent- Churches say they convinced at least 50 commercial s-e-x workers in Bulawayo to abandon the world’s oldest profession during a five-day outreach program.

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) and Africa Evangelistic Enterprise (AEEZ), an evangelistic support organization, said the women turned to God during the Bulawayo for Jesus Mission.

Organizers said the outreach was meant to give residents “hope instead of despair, improvement for the human moral state as well as a tenacity for development and success to people of Bulawayo”.

The announcement that the commercial sx workers had repented was made during a top leadership dinner dubbed The Shining Stars Dinner last week.

It was organized by AEEZ, a Christian organization that was formed in 1962 by a South African, Michael Cassidy.

One of the organizers, Pastor Chris Nxumalo, said the 50 commercial sx workers were among the 66 that had been invited to the dinner.

“This has been a productive week, we held a dinner for our shining stars. I am talking of our commercial sx workers, we are happy to say that 66 turned up for the dinner to listen to the gospel of God, and of those 66, 50 of them gave their lives to the Lord their savior,” Nxumalo said.

AEEZ team leader Bishop Guide Makore said the women would be taught life skills so that they could start rebuilding their lives.

“These ladies are angels, you know during their dinner they were screaming ‘Halelluyah’ more than the regular church-goers,” he said.

“I am so happy to say we will help them with life skills like tailoring, baking, and hairdressing.

“We want them to do things that will keep them out of the streets.”

The crusades, which ran under the theme Evangalising the cities of Africa through word and deed in partnership with the church, also saw the groups drilling a borehole at Vulindlela Primary School in Cowdray Park.

–Newsday