Having been raised in a catholic family, Tariro attends a Pentecostal church for the first time where she meets a young and divorced pastor. Using his ministering prowess and charming personality, the man of God starts a roller coaster relationship with the naive, unassuming young lady. a tale of infidelity in the new church, deception, greed and disease, "The man of God" is a novel that looks at poverty and Christianity being closely aligned, it unravels issues of the prosperity gospel and the lengths that men of God are taking just to make a quick buck and a name for themselves."