The Theological College of Zimbabwe was established in May 1979 by the Africa Evangelical Fellowship.  In 1986, oversight was transferred to the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ).  In order to strengthen the support base for the College and to widen its effectiveness, the College was granted autonomy by EFZ in November 1997.  The College was chartered in July 1998 as the Theological College of Zimbabwe Trust.  As an independent institution, the College maintains its interdenominational and multi-cultural distinctions, providing high-level training for Christian ministry within Zimbabwe and the Southern African sub-region.

The College reflects the diversity of the nationalities that are represented in the faculty and student body.  In recent years the College has had full-time students from Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia, in addition to Zimbabwe.  TCZ imposes no particular form of church government on the students.  In the interests of academic integrity, we also do not allow our students, as College representatives, to impose particular beliefs (such as mode of baptism or speaking in tongues) on others.  Rather, we seek responsible interaction between various viewpoints.

In June 2002, the Theological College of Zimbabwe moved from its original campus, on Lobengula street in the city centre of Bulawayo, to its current campus on Gwanda Road, about 8km from the city centre.