in 1922, matitta founded the moshoeshoe berean bible readers church (mbbrc), named after king moshoeshoe i of the basotho. this church was ethiopian (african independent churches) in nature since it was grounded on a reformed confession, as seen in the lifestyle of its members and also having had no formal ties with the mission churches. due to his work as a healer, matitta soon gained a great following and became well known for this. he was later requested to live in qwaqwa by morena ramatseliso charles mopeli (1918-1962) who was the chief of the bakoena in qwaqwa. his church continued to grow in lesotho but had however been abandoned by himself when he left for qwaqwa. he then joined another christian church in qwaqwa (church unknown).