Our Beginnings

Twenty modern-day urban missionaries arrive in Joburg…
After a few years of High School teaching, PJ and Ashleigh planted their first church in Harare in 1997. By 2004 this church had multiplied into five churches, and they felt God speak to them about moving to Joburg do the same again – build a reproducing church that would impact Joburg and beyond. They invited 20 friends from Zimbabwe, England and Cape Town to sell up and move to Joburg and find new jobs, as modern-day urban missionaries. Godfirst Church launched Sunday 30th Jan 2005, and welcomed our first 60 people into membership in July 2005.