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Read a sermon preached at the Induction of new ministers in January & February 2008 by Bishop Gavin Taylor here.

Welcome to the Pretoria Methodist City Mission - a diverse community grounding itself in the heart of the city for the sake of the gospel.

We are committed to seeking to be a faithful community that shares the love of God with the people of the city. As cities attract people from all walks of life, the needs of people here are huge and are as diverse as the people. As church we recognise and acknowledge that we are limited, but we trust the God who is unlimited and so with faith we do what we can to bring hope and healing to the hopeless and alienated.

At the centre of our activities is the Worship of God. We have three services on a Sunday:

  • 09h00 English
  • 11h00 Vernacular
  • 18h30 English

    In addition we have a weekly Community Prayer on Wednesdays at 08h45 and groups/organisations services on Fridays and Saturdays. Small group meetings take place throughout the week as we seek to grow our members into passionate disciples of Jesus Christ.

    The active steps towards reconciling and integrating the two congregations of the mission, i.e. the quarterly Joint services, provide the whole community with the joy of learning from one another and forming friendships.

    The Wesley Community Centre - the project wing of the Mission - continues to reach out to the community. Countless people are served and ministered to through the Mahube HIV/AIDS clinic. We are grateful to all our partners for their support and we pray that they continue their support. In these tough times of the Global Economic meltdown, it is the poorest of the poor that we seek to reach through our projects who will be hardest hit. We pray to God that this does not happen!

    We started 2009 with a new full-time minister for the English congregation, Rev. Purity Malinga. The Rev. Dr Gavin Taylor, who served this congregation for eleven years, has moved on to be a separated (full-time) District Bishop. Gavin built the City Mission to be what it is today. We praise God for his outstanding ministry! We trust God to lead Rev. Malinga as she leads the mission to the next step.

    Rev. Purity Malinga

    Rev. Purity Malinga

    Ministerial Staff

  • Rev. Ntando Masondo - Vernacular Congregation
  • Rev. Purity Malinga - English Congregation
  • Rev. Simon Muwowo

    Pastoral Staff

  • Mrs Wietske van der Dussen
  • Mrs Sheila Robertson
  • Mrs Phillipa Burrow
  • Mr Andrew Robertson Naledi sponsorship form

    Congregational structures

    Each congregation, i.e. English, Vernacular, and Pretoria West, has a leaders' meeting, and various sub-structures.

    Joint structures

    (Relating to English and Vernacular)

  • Joint Leaders' Meeting
  • Joint Property Task Group
  • Joint Finance and Budget Task Group

    Organisations and groups

    Vernacular - Woman's Manyano, Young Woman's Manyano, Young Men's Guild (YMG) , Wesley Guild, Choir, Sunday School

    English - Woman's Auxiliary, Firelight Fellowship (bible study)/ Young Adult Fellowship, Singing Group, Children's Church

    Wesley Community Centre (WCC)

    Oversight by WCC Board made up of members appointed from MCM leaders' meetings and partnership community.

    Operational oversight assigned to Management Operation Team (MOT) comprising:

  • Ntsiki Mothlana (Mahube Director)

    WCC Projects

  • City Manna (Making Communion/Sacramental Wafers and Wine)
  • City Threads (Sewing)
  • Guidestar (Printing/Copying service)
  • Living Stones (Social Housing Units)
  • Mahube (HIV & AIDS)
  • Naledi (Community Development)
  • Salem Children's Centre (Pre-school and after-school care)
  • Wesley Conference Centre
  • Wesley English Centre (English classes refugee support)

    Centre Administration Team (CAT)

    This team is responsible for the day to day management and administration of the Wesley Centre property and is answerable to the Joint property Task group, and the Joint Leaders' Meeting.
  • Zebilon Mmekwa, Property Manager and chairperson of Joint Property Task Group
  • Andries Thabana, Maintenance and Cleaning Staff supervisor
  • Andrew Robertson, CAT Chairperson, and member of the Pastoral Team

    Active partnerships

  • AID Africa Children, USA faith-based community care and development agency, working in direct partnership with Naledi, and Limpopo District
  • Brooklyn Methodist Church, Suburban/Inner City Mission Partner Congregation
  • CCCF (City Centre Churches Forum)
  • Christian Connexion Shop (partnership in Christian resource distributions)
  • Fountain of Hope Clinic (In Partnership with Mahube, operated by the Foundation for Professional development, FPD)
  • Institute for Urban Ministry (IUM), Education and Training in Urban Mission and ministry practice, offering formal Diplomas and Degrees
  • Limpopo District Office (Office of the District Bishop, MCSA)
  • Pretoria Community Ministries (PCM) An Inner-City, Ecumenically shaped, Faith Based, community care and development network, which gave birth to TLF.
  • Salem United Methodist Church, Wisconsin USA, Mission support/partnership, and networking
  • Sediba Hope, An inner city HIV & AIDS faith-based network
  • Tshwane Leadership Foundation (TLF): MCM is an active and founding member. The Foundation has international and nations connections, and works to resource and capacitate transforming communities and projects in the city and beyond
  • Yeast City Housing (YCH) An Ecumenical Social housing company in partnership with Living Stones Community Houses)

    • The vision tree - a symbol of our mission presence in the inner city - reaching out many branches to all people

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    Methodist City Mission
    258 Burgers Park Lane
    Pretoria
    P O Box 12559
    The Tramshed
    0126
    South Africa
    Telephone: +27 (12) 322-7428
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