Our vision is to be:
A vibrant God-Centred Church which is clearly growing spiritually, numerically and holistically

In 1847 Robert Gray became the first Bishop of Cape Town with the commission to plant churches and ordain clergy. When he died 25 years later, the 10 churches that he began with had grown to 63!

In 2003 Archbishop Ndungane commissioned Bishop Martin Breytenbach to spearhead an initiative to become known as “Growing the Church”. It was launched in 2007 with The Revd Trevor Pearce appointed as the first Director.

Trevor doing a practical demonstration of street evangelism with a sketch board, AKA drawing people to Christ while Bishop Dan Kgomosotho looks on.

What's happening?

Rooted in Jesus - Tanzania Bishop Martin conducted 2 Rooted in Jesus training conferences in the Dioceses of Mara.  He was assisted by Revd Jack Kudemela of Jane Furse, Revd Sheila Bridge of the UK and Revd Trevor Pearce, Director of GtC. On the Sunday, between conferences, Trevor had the joy of preaching in a church in the famous Serengeti Nature Reserve! It is called "suffering for Jesus".
Rooted in Jesus - Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth has also just concluded their first RinJ Conference with 85 graduating as small group leaders. We anticipate that more will be trained in the near future. Well done PE!!! Bishop Bethlehem Nopece commissioned the trainees and handed them their certificates.	A group of the participants at the Port Elizabeth Rooted in Jesus Training. See more photos...
Rooted in Jesus - Zululand Zululand is in the process of training about 500 small group leaders with 5 training conferences spread across February and March. Each training conference trains an average of 100 people – two Archdeaconries at a time. Well done Zululand!!!	Bishop Dino Gabriel commissioned the participators and handed over their certificates at the end of training.