Where We Belong…

As a local church, SCC is a constituent church within the REACH-SA (formerly known as CESA) family. That means we are an autonomous local church with our own constitution but operate in fellowship and partnership with other like-minded local churches within REACH-SA. 

REACH is an acronym that helpfully reflects what we think our purpose is: to reach South Africa with the good news of Jesus Christ. As an acronym, it reflects our identity as a gospel believing and gospel proclaiming family. In its non-contracted form, our name reflects the history and tradition of our identity. We are the Reformed, Evangelical, Anglican Church of SA:

• Reformed because our roots are in the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century and the biblical truth that justification is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, according to Scripture alone, for the glory of God alone. 
• Evangelical because of the absolute supremacy we assign to the Bible as the inspired and infallible Word of God as the final authority in all matters of faith and life and the absolute centrality we attach to the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ in both our salvation and ongoing sanctification through inward work of the Holy Spirit.
• Anglican because we subscribe to the statement of faith known as the 39 Articles, to the liturgy and common worship principles of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and to the ordination structures as found in the Ordinals.
• Church because we are a local gathering who gather as a visible expression of the heavenly gathering …  where people from every nation, every tribe and every tongue, gathers around the throne of God in worship.