Every Nation Faith City celebrates 25 years.

In 1993 Pastor Willem Nel and his wife, Celesté founded a small student church in Potchefstroom. “We, however, received a calling to build bridges between generations, nations and groups of people. It has always been important to us. Ours was the first multi-racial church in Potchefstroom and it wasn’t a time when that was easily accepted here,” says Pastor Willem.

The church joined the His People group church in 1998 as this group focused on campus ministry. In the early 2000s the church grew rapidly with about 900 students attending services in the North-West University Auditorium.

In 2003 the city council gifted the church land on which to build a church building. Building started in 2008, but was halted in 2009 when Pastor Willem contracted Guillian Barre syndrome, a virus that attacks the nerve system and he became paralysed within hours. He miraculously recovered and commenced preaching after five months.

Building restarted in 2013 under the guidance of Louis Boshoff. The offices, venues for children’s church and a hall were completed. The building of the second phase, the church venue 1 000 square metres in size, has now commenced.

His People later became a part of Every Nation. In 2016, the Potchefstroom church became Every Nation Faith City, one of 466 churches in the group.

Covid-19 prompted the start of the online church. Since then, an Afrikaans and an English message are broadcast every Sunday.

The church has various charities, such as Character Kids and other feeding schemes. In 2016 the church became the co-founder of the Hope Again Recovery Centre for people needing treatment for substance abuse.

The church currently supports 154 missionaries who work all over the world, including France, Belgium and Croatia.