Welcome to Khanyisa Community Church

Khanyisa Community Church is a vibrant, cross-cultural church with a mission to bring people together from all different backgrounds.

Khanyisa finds its origins around 1990 when members of Jubilee Community Church in Observatory, Cape Town South Africa, worked together with leaders in Tambo Square. Tambo Square is an informal community located in the heart of Gugulethu. At the time, residents in this community were, amongst other things, campaigning for decent housing.

By 1994, at the dawn of democracy in South Africa, some residents moved from Tambo Square into a new settlement called Tambo Village, into their new homes. Tambo Village is on the border of Gugulethu and Manenberg and it is where Khanyisa Community Church meets.

Our vision is to “Sound out the drumbeat of God’s heart in the nations”. We want to do this by building a vibrant New Testament style church family where people from different nations, backgrounds and generations are united by the Holy Spirit and love for Jesus Christ.

We want to be a church that;

• Raises passionate followers of Jesus who seek to obey his commands and grow into the fullness of Christ
• Trains, equips and releases of all our members to serve God and find their place in the body of Christ
• Has a kingdom mentality actively helping the poor and impacting our communities around us
• Is missional and outward-looking reaching out to other nations of the world, sharing the gospel and planting churches

Our values include what we believe. We believe in:

1. The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
2. The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God — fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
3. The dignity of all people, made male and female in God's image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement.
4. The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ — born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.
5. The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God.
6. The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
7. The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
8. The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness.
9. The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers — given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit's gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love.
10. The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.

The one true God who lives eternally in three persons—the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Izandla zeThemba is loosely translated as – Hands of Hope. This is a ministry of Khanyisa Community Church that aims to bring healing, hope and restoration to the poor and hurting in our communities. We are currently doing this through a number of initiatives where the poor and destitute are uplifted. This ministry is staffed by a number of volunteers who are motivated by Christian love and compassion. Regular HIV/AIDS support groups are run for adults, orphans and vulnerable children, as well as care and counsel to families affected and infected with HIV/AIDS.

Camps, after school homework clubs, nutrition support, education support, food, gardens and skills development initiatives are some of the many ways members of Khanyisa and Christians from other churches reach out to show the love of Jesus to the hurting around us.

Corporate Worship and prayer
At Khanyisa we put God at the centre of all we do and make regular time to worship God, listen to the Holy Spirit and see the name of Jesus glorified.

Meetings and fellowship
There are many opportunities for people to come together. We meet on Sunday morning at 10am. The Sunday morning service caters for all. We have Kool Kids for kids (3-12),” HIT group” and “KYG” for teenagers, young adults for 20s and 30s as well as men’s, women’s and senior citizens events.

Teaching and discipleship
We provide varied Bible-based teaching and training courses to disciple one another, raise leaders and become effective witnesses for Jesus Christ.

At Khanyisa Community Church we believe that everyone needs to be part of the community. We believe that Cells groups form an ideal way in which we can enjoy community, build friendships and connect in a fun filled way. Cell groups are small group formations of between 8 and 12 people that meet midweek in people’s homes. There are cells also that meet old people centres, colleges or at Khanyisa Community Centre. The purpose of Cells is twofold: to fulfill the two Great Commandments, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" and "Love your neighbour as yourself" (Matt 22:36‐40), and to fulfill the Great Commission, "Go and make disciples of all nations... teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." (Matt 28:18‐20). Cells are a place where community can be built, seekers can ask questions and spiritual gifts can be developed and deployed; where genuine, deep relationships can develop. It is where we create a context for care and fellowship, application of the Word of God and equipping people to serve those around us.

Join a team. Get involved. Make a difference! We are excited to get you connected to an area of service in the church. We provide numerous ways to serve and grow. Volunteering within the church not only helps our church, it will impact your personal faith in ways you can’t imagine! We have a worship band. We have a choir. We have kids and youth, media and sound, administration and many more. By joining a team, you are not only impacting our community by serving, you are able to build relationships and experience true community. If you want to become a part of what we’re doing—volunteering is the one of the best ways for you to connect at Khanyisa Community Church.