{"id":26002,"date":"2020-08-02T20:12:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T18:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=26002"},"modified":"2020-08-02T20:12:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T18:12:31","slug":"ex-warriors-coach-now-a-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ex-warriors-coach-now-a-pastor","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Warriors coach now a pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Warriors coach Ian \u2018Dibango\u2019 Gorowa is now pursuing a new path in life after he excused himself from the frontlines of football.<\/p>\n<p>Gorowa who led the national team to the Chan semifinals in 2014 completed his theological studies and is now a pastor with the AFM church in Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sunday Mail, the 49-year old said that he could not resist the urge to trade football with the call to preach the gospel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalling is calling, you have to adhere to it. Football is a gift from God, and I thank the Lord for that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreaching the word is something I really enjoy. Life is a journey, but while it is a journey, you must make sure or make an effort to walk that journey on the right path; that is with Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I could say I took the path of Jesus. For the word says (John 14:6) \u2018I am the way, the truth and the life\u2019 .\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gorowa joins the list of other football figures that left the sport to preach the gospel. These include former Lengthens and CAPS United mentor Jostein Mathuthu, ex-referee Felix Tangawarima and Tauya Murewa who played for Dynamos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Warriors coach Ian \u2018Dibango\u2019 Gorowa is now pursuing a new path in life after he excused himself from the frontlines of football. Gorowa who led the national team to the Chan semifinals in 2014 completed his theological studies and is now a pastor with the AFM church in Johannesburg, South Africa. Speaking to Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[790,810],"class_list":{"0":"post-26002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-football-in-zimbabwe","10":"tag-sports-in-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ex-Warriors coach now a pastor - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Warriors coach Ian \u2018Dibango\u2019 Gorowa is now pursuing a new path in life after he excused himself from the frontlines of football.Gorowa who led\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ex-warriors-coach-now-a-pastor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-Warriors coach now a pastor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Warriors coach Ian \u2018Dibango\u2019 Gorowa is now pursuing a new path in life after he excused himself from the frontlines of football.Gorowa who led\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ex-warriors-coach-now-a-pastor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-02T18:12:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/Ball-on-pitch-office.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"335\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ex-warriors-coach-now-a-pastor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ex-warriors-coach-now-a-pastor\",\"name\":\"Ex-Warriors coach now a pastor - 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