Harare, Zimbabwe | He was paraded as a man of God, showered with a brand-new 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series ZX Sahara and a jaw-dropping US$100,000 in cash by flashy businessman Wicknell Chivayo.
But barely hours after basking in the limelight, Apostle Rodney Chipoyera, founder of Kingdom Prosperity Ministries (KPM), is drowning in a sensational adultery scandal that threatens to tear apart both his marriage and his saintly image.
Rodney Chipoyera Scandals follow him
Rodney Chipoyera, who is married to Farai, has allegedly fathered a child out of wedlock with a young Harare woman — said to be connected to one of his trusted church allies.
Insiders claim the affair went so deep that the preacher paid lobola in secret, before the woman recently gave birth. The scandal exploded after medical tests linked Chipoyera directly to the child.
“What people don’t know is that the Apostle was introduced to this woman through church circles. Things turned romantic and a pregnancy followed. Now, with the baby born and DNA confirming the truth, the whole thing has blown wide open,” spilled a close source.
Just over a decade ago, Rodney Chipoyera staged a fairy-tale anniversary at Bliss Gardens, renewing vows with Farai in a glamorous ceremony presided over by Bishop Bartholomew Manjoro.
At the time, he gushed over his wife:
“God led me to marry Farai. When I saw her, I knew she was the right woman… she can be in the house of the Lord for 24 hours, and her fire for God never burns out.”
Now, the very man who preached that every believer must guard five sacred relationships — with God, family, mentors, and spiritual guides — is accused of adding a “sixth relationship” in the shadows.
Efforts to get a comment from the preacher were in vain as his phone went unanswered. Instead, his aides allegedly tried to intimidate this publication, using threatening language in a desperate bid to suppress the story.
But the scandal is already out, staining the Apostle Rodney Chipoyera’s once squeaky-clean reputation and fuelling debate over church leaders who preach holiness by day, yet allegedly indulge in unholy alliances by night.
For now, the burning question remains: Is Apostle Chipoyera truly “chosen by God,” or just another wolf in sheep’s clothing?
