Iviyo loFakazi bakaKristu (in English: The Legion of Christ's Witnesses) is an evangelical and charismatic movement within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
Iviyo had its origins in Zululand, in 1944, when Anglican priest, Reverend Philip Mbatha had a vision of Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
[1] At more or less the same time, another priest from the Diocese of St John's, Alpheus Zulu, (who later became bishop of Zululand), was experiencing a crisis in his ministry.
The priests were motivated to start the movement on the basis of their visionary experiences and their view of the Anglican church as dry and equivocal.
[4] In 2018, the Diocese of Grahamstown started a Xhosa language version of the movement, named Ibutho Labavakalisi Bakakristu.