The role of the church in the context of Covid-19. Adaptation and religious practices

From time immemorial, the plagues and pandemics have been a challenge to the church. The covid-19 is such a challange to the church. The cure is not in sight, hence the talk of adaptation and healing in the context of a pandemic such as covid-19. These interventions will include the role of the church. This is because the church is one of the important social pillars that has huge influence on people at any given time. It is because of this understanding that this paper will discuss the role of the church in such a context. A practical ecclesiological method will be employed because of its disciplinary nature so as to consider the empirical issues related to the pandemic, the historical perspective in studing the church's role in the response against pandemics, the hermeneutical perspective into such a role of the church, and then strategise on how best the church can contribute to nurture, healing and adaptation. Though this paper treats the pandemic of covid-19 globally, it however has a special interest to the Zimbabwean situation.