Bible Study Beginnings In 2003
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 in the home of Darryl and Ashley Bannister 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.

Sunday Services in 2004
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.

We met at the Chapmon's home as a house-church until May of 2005 when the Brown family replaced the Chapmons, and the church, by the Lord's direction, began meeting at the Sha-Mani Conference Center on Doncaster Street on the west side of Alberton (see map to Sha-Mani).

Expanding in 2005
Since May of 2005, the church has begun a Ladies' Bible Study on Tuesday mornings, a Children's Church during the Sunday morning message, and a Youth Night on alternating Friday evenings. The Bible studies now meet in several homes on tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

The Last Two Years
Since the early days, MountainView has seen steady growth in three ways - new conversions, believers transferring from other churches, and moms having kids! Our music ministry has matured, the audio-visual component of worship has developed, and we developed this website. With the Lord's direction, we officially organised in 2006 and began leadership development. More people have gotten involved with member care ministries as our numbers have grown. MountainView now has about 80 attending, and we currently have three elders and one deacon.

For more information on all of these ministries, see our Ministries page. We are currently pursuing registration with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) as a not-for-profit organisation.