AFTER the release of his debut album Just As I Am, Mutare-based gospel musician Pastor Naison Mangwende has released a new single, Heal Us, dedicated to the ongoing fight against the Ebola outbreak.
Tinashe Sibanda Entertainment Reporter
Officially released mid-October, the track is his individual creation, backed by Polite Pachiti, and produced by Matthew Karipache who are both UFI Mutare worship/music leaders.
“This track comes as a response to the deadly Ebola disease that has ravaged and taken so many lives in West Africa. We have lost so many professionals, parents, children and friends along the way because of this disease,” Mangwende said.
He said it might seem far from us, but no one knew when it would knock on our doors.
Thus, this track came about as a thought and prayer of lament for those who have been affected and infected by this virus.
The single is a cry to the Lord for healing, in moments of despair, and yet still a statement of trust and hope during those moments, that the people’s hope is in God.
“Since this track is not for sale, but can be freely shared and distributed, this Ebola version of the song will not be on the forthcoming album, but it will appear as a different version, which will be focusing on diseases in general,” he said.
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Mangwende said that those that had so far listened to the song had fallen in love with it and it had been received well across board.
“I thank God for the response that the album Just As I Am has been given as well. It has been received well, but I believe it can do better if given fair airplay,” he added.
The pastor-cum-musician said music for him was ministry, so he would continue ministering and reaching out to fellow Zimbabweans through that platform, and by God’s grace beyond the borders so people could expect more music.
He said the track was a ministry for everyone within Zimbabwe and beyond the borders.
A prayer for all those affected and infected by Ebola and above all he prayed that by God’s grace it would reach the ends of the earth, as we all pray for healing.
“I have shared it with many saints outside Zimbabwe, who by God’s grace, I met along the way doing youth ministry (besides being pastor at Mutare Baptist Church, I am the national youth director of the Baptist Union of Zimbabwe and president of the Association of Baptist Denominations Youth Fellowship). I have heard positive responses from those who have heard it, even from as far as Togo.”
