Machingura, FrancisFrancisMachinguraTaringa, BeatriceBeatriceTaringa2023-09-052023-09-052023978-3-86309-930-5https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/90295While cyclone ‘Adai’ reconfigured the geographical landscape in a number of Southern African countries, COVID-19 transformed the social, cultural, technological, economic and political terrain world-wide. COVID-19 menace and need for its control, management and containment is well acknowledged globally. Millions have so far succumbed to COVID-19 worldwide. Even the most stubborn communities that always shut their doors against traditional, cultural and religious change seem to be giving in now. World governments responded swiftly and called for multi-stakeholder involvement as COVID-19 scare grip intensified. The COVID-19 culture vocabulary of office out of office, work from home, masking up, social and physical distancing, sanitisation and no movement unless unavoidable emerged and gained prominence. To make matters worse, there were reports of a variety of variants that were not necessarily COVID-19 but COVID-21 especially in African countries and causalities continued to be on the rise. It is against this backdrop that this chapter seeks to uncover comparative perceptions to COVID-19 compliance response strategies by the Johane Masowe WeChishanu and United Methodist Churches in Mount Pleasant, Harare. A largely qualitative research approach based on the two cases is used in contacting a mini survey and an in-depth understanding of the resilience strategies adopted by the purposively selected two religious’ groups.engCOVID-19COVID-19 cultureresiliencebookpart