Who we are

With an estimated 784 million Christians across all denominations, the centre of the global Church is now in Africa. The remarkable growth of the Church, coupled with the continent’s rapidly expanding and youthful population, presents immense gospel opportunity.

While Africa is highly churched, more than 90% of church leaders are untrained. Without Bible-based preaching, the Church lacks Christ-centred theology and has fallen prey to a scourge of false teaching.

George Whitefield College (GWC) has a strategic opportunity to provide solid theological education that can shape the Church in Africa. GWC’s founding denomination is REACH-SA (Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa) and we enjoy a strong partnership with this denomination, serving to train and equip a number of candidates for ministry within this fellowship of churches. In God’s kindness, REACH-SA’s churches have grown from a handful of congregations to approximately 150 churches across South Africa today. There are also a number of REACH churches in neighbouring countries. While GWC’s student body is denominationally diverse (approximately 40% are REACH-SA students and the remaining 60% come from a variety of other denominations), the teaching and learning that takes place at GWC falls within the central features and practices of REACH-SA. The denomination’s Presiding Bishop (currently The Most Rev. Dr. Siegfried Ngubane) also serves as the College’s Chancellor.

Our alumni, schooled in a Bible-focused and challenging learning environment, are widely engaged in ministry across Africa and globally. The College’s campus has seen significant development, with many plans for further expansion.

Please find out more about us and become a part of our story as we equip God’s people for faithful gospel ministry.

"If the church is to stand firm in the decades to come, it will require leaders who are not only passionate, but well-trained - men and women who can handle Scripture with knowledge, clarity, and conviction. That has always been at the heart of GWC’s calling. And it remains so today. This, in the face of Bible colleges around the world closing their doors, or being absorbed into broader academic structures - often at the cost of their theological clarity and evangelical conviction. When theological education weakens, the training of faithful preachers weakens. And when that happens, the long-term health of the church is placed at risk. This is why the present moment in time is not simply one of organisational development, but of spiritual significance."

Principal Rev Dr Mark Dickson