What actually happens
Coffee from Red Band on your way in. Worship, a practical teaching, a moment to be prayed for. Out by 10h30 — you'll make brunch.
Read more →A family church · Gqeberha · since Christmas 2010
A multi-campus church in Mandela Bay, Kariega and George — building a church that builds a city. Whether it's your first time or you've been part of the family for fifteen years, there's a seat for you this Sunday.
Coffee from Red Band on your way in. Worship, a practical teaching, a moment to be prayed for. Out by 10h30 — you'll make brunch.
Read more →FH Kids runs alongside the service — vetted leaders, secure check-in, environments for 0–11 months through Grade 5. Your child will not want to leave.
Read more →Honestly — whatever you'd wear to brunch. You'll see suits and you'll see slops. We care about your face being there; we care less about your shoes.
Read more →"Christmas morning 2010, two hundred of us sat in a warehouse in North End and said: let's build a church that builds a city."
Pastor George Georgiou planted Father's House fifteen years ago after a decade as a student pastor at Nelson Mandela University. What started as a warehouse service has become a multi-site family across Mandela Bay, Kariega and George.
We're charismatic, non-denominational, and genuinely proud to be from here. Our mission has never moved: to awaken the world to the gift of salvation by grace; to express our faith and freedom in every sphere and season.
Pastor George has been preaching the same message since he planted this church — that grace is more extravagant than we can hold, and that ordinary Tuesdays are where faith actually lives. Thirty-four years after his first sermon as a student at NMU, he's still in the sanctuary before the music starts, making coffee with whoever got there early.
On a Sunday morning you'll find him walking the foyer, praying with the family who just walked in, and reminding everyone that they're home.
— Pastor George
Sat 03 May · All campuses
A Saturday to serve the city — food parcels, home visits, school repairs, and the Red Band kitchen open for anyone who needs a meal.
Fri 16 May · Mandela Bay
Our quarterly newcomer dinner. If you've been visiting a few weeks, this is how you stop being a visitor. Childcare provided.
Thu 05 Jun · All campuses
For our Kingdom Investors partners — the annual vision cast + a report back on the buildings, the barista academy, and what's next.
It's how we respond to the extravagant grace of God, and it's what keeps the lights on and the barista academy running. Card, instant-EFT, SnapScan — and Section 18A receipts on the way home.
Leva Foundation
Our non-profit arm — Red Band coffee academy, TANKS coding with NMU, Baby Safe, A21, Sole 2 Sole. Where Father's House shows up outside a Sunday.
Sundays are where it starts — and each campus has its own flavour. Pick the one closest to you.
Flagship · Gqeberha
30 Paterson Road, North End
Gqeberha · 6001
Kariega (UTH)
81 John Street, Central
Kariega · 6229
George · Western Cape
Groenkloof Village Hub, 1 Groenkloof Avenue
Glenwood · George