Khanyisa Community Church is a vibrant, cross-cultural church with a mission to bring people together from all different backgrounds. Khanyisa is a Nguni word meaning “Go on being the light!”.
Khanyisa originated in 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 and into their new homes. Tambo Village is on the border of Gugulethu and Manenberg and it is here, where Khanyisa Community Church meets.
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Khanyisa Community Church exists to help build the Kingdom of God. We hope to achieve this through the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ that brings personal salvation, community building, social justice, church planting and through it, reaching the world.
The most important way to get involved in the life of our congregation is to join a cell group (or CG), where we cultivate a relationship with God and friendships with others.
Our goal for the Children’s Ministry at Khanyisa Community Church is to encourage children to grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. We also seek to get them to serve and renew their communities through the knowledge and application of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We do this by introducing them to Scripture, teaching them how to pray and worship and facilitating spiritual growth among a new generation in our communities.
In addition to this, the Kids’ Ministry seeks to encourage and support families in their commitment to stay and be engaged in Khanyisa Community Church by facilitating, discipling and offering practical support to them.
At Khanyisa Community Church we believe that to be a member of our church is to make a public promise to live according to the Word and to support the work of our church. This is called a covenant. We view membership not in the same way as joining a social club or an organisation, but by means of a public promise. A public promise, or covenant is the basis for all society according to the Bible: marriage, employment, citizenship and church membership are all relationships of accountability.
Membership in a church is not like membership in a social club or other organization. Most organization members are consumers — the organization exists to serve them. The Church of Christ is a completely different community — membership means ministry and service, going from being a consumer to becoming a provider of God’s love and care to others. At Khanyisa Community Church, we take seriously that we are a church not for ourselves, but for others.
Khanyisa Community Church has a strong focus in caring for those who need care and support. Our main vehicle of care and assistance for congregants struggling with challenging or crisis situations is our Pastoral Care Team. This group consists of men and women who have been nominated by the church to reach others who are in urgent need of help. They also receive ongoing equipping for the purpose of coming alongside struggling congregants through loving relationships. The Pastoral Care Team seeks to meet these congregants’ practical, visible needs while also fostering a heart change through encounters with Jesus and one another.
The Pastoral Care Team serves those in crisis or in challenging situations within the Khanyisa Community Church congregation only.
If you are in need of practical help, please call the Pastoral Care Team Helpline listed below, and the one of the team will call you back. You will be asked some basic questions that we ask everyone who calls for assistance so that we can assess how to best help. The information you share with us will be kept confidential.
Services that the Pastoral Care Team offers include:
Pastoral Care Team Helpline: + 27 21 6387931
Khanyisa in involved in a number of social ministries. These ministries are aimed at working together with the needs of the community and are established in the desire to see lives of people transformed and their dignity restored by the message the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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.
Khanyisa has a vibrant partnership with Newday United who run a number of social justice and development projects: Click below for further information.
Newday United websiteAt Khanyisa Community Church we believe in prayer. Join us as we pray for our communities. There can never be too many people praying for our city, communities, our neighbours and our church.