Beginnings - 2003-2004
MountainView Bible Church is a young church plant and is now over 3 years old. Several of our families who had been commuting to Sandton Bible Church in the Fourways area had the vision to start a new Bible church in the south, and formed the core group of MountainView.

The initial efforts began with a series of Bible studies at the Bannister home in Bassonia Estates in 2003. The studies were led by Pastor Dennis Chapmon who was just completing 12 years of church-planting ministry at Sandton Bible Church in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. Dennis and Joanna Chapmon and family were church-planting missionaries with Biblical Ministries Worldwide, based in the USA.

As God worked through relationships, our group expanded, and on 31 October 2004, we began to meet for Sunday morning services in the Chapmon's home in Glenanda. We continued the Bible study on Wednesday nights.

Expansion - 2005-2009
When the Chapmons returned to the United States for ministry in May of 2005, MountainView moved to the Sha-Mani Conference Centre in Alberton.

The church began running a Ladies' Bible Study on Tuesday mornings, a Children'sChurch during the Sunday morning messages, and a Youth Night from time to time on Friday evenings. We began mid-week Bible studies in several homes on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Our music ministry matured, the audio-visual component of worship has developed, and we developed this website.

Since the early days, MountainView has seen steady growth in three ways - new conversions, believers transferring from other churches, and moms having kids! More people have gotten involved with the mid-week Bible studies, which are now five in number. MountainView now has about 80 attending, and we currently have three elders and one deacon.

Buying Property
We had been saving up for years toward the purchase of our own place to meet, and in March of 2010, our God showed us a home in Glenanda (four houses away from where MountainView began in 2005!) with a massive living area that we could renovate into a church hall.

By God's grace, we were approved for the bond, and moved in during August of 2010. Renovation work took three months, and at the end of October, we dedicated our new building as a tool for the Lord's use.