The congregation at Tokai Community Church

Tokai · Southern Suburbs · Cape Town

Together, we serve to know Christ and to make Christ known

A family-friendly, Bible-believing church meeting on Tokai Road. Three services every Sunday, and homes open across the southern suburbs through the week.

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08:00Morning service
10:00All ages, then groups to Grade 10
18:30Evening service
What to expect →

Welcome

You don't need to have been to church before. You won't be asked to do anything you're not comfortable with.

We sit in auditorium-style seating. A few people lead from the stage — praying, reading the Bible, introducing songs — and a music team leads the singing. About halfway through, one of our pastors preaches from the Bible for around half an hour.

A whole service takes between seventy-five and ninety minutes. A Bible helps but isn't essential; an app on your phone works just as well.

Come as you are — some people dress smartly, others casually, and there's no dress code. Parking is rarely a problem, but arrive about five minutes early so you can find a seat easily.

If you'd like, tell us you're coming and we'll arrange for someone friendly to meet you at the door.

Families at church

Children & Youth

Every age has somewhere to belong

We want children to come to know Jesus, to live for Him, and to share Him with those around them. That conviction shapes everything we run for families — from the Baby Room through to Grade 12.

Through the week

Church is more than Sunday morning.

Sundays · 10am

Kids Church

Everyone starts together, then children divide by age. Grade R–7 sing, pray, hear a talk and split into small groups. Preschoolers work through the Jesus Storybook Bible; toddlers have a room with a live stream; babies under one have the Baby Room in the auditorium.

Baby Room – Grade 7
Sundays · 10am · term time

Teen Church

A separate time of teaching during the 10am service. In the school holidays they stay in the adult service.

Grade 8–10
Fridays · 17:30–19:00

Bible Club

Learning different books of the Bible with games that reinforce the teaching, singing, a take-home craft, prayer and small groups.

Grade R–7
Fridays · 19:30–21:15

Youth

Friday evenings to hang out and have fun together — singing, games, and reading and studying the Bible in small groups.

Grade 8–12
Wednesdays · 18:30–19:30

Foundations Course

Running Terms 2–4 at the church. For anyone relatively new to TCC, or wanting to understand the foundational truths Christians believe.

Adults
Various evenings · in homes

Connect Groups

Where the Bible is applied to everyday life, and where you can be known and loved, pray and be prayed for. Groups vary in shape and size and meet across the southern suburbs.

All stages
“Let us not give up meeting together, but encouraging one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”

Hebrews 10:25

What we believe

Committed to Jesus Christ as Lord, and to the Bible as the Word of God.

TCC is a constituent church of REACH SA — Reformed, Evangelical, Anglican. Autonomous, with our own constitution, in fellowship with like-minded churches. What we believe shapes how we behave, and works out in five objectives.

Magnification

Adoring, praising and thanking God in all things, especially when we gather.

Membership

Everyone finding connection, community and care within God's family.

Maturity

Knowing God deeply and making gospel-driven decisions in all of life.

Ministry

Sacrificially serving one another, formally and informally.

Mission

More people hearing the gospel for the first time, locally and globally.

The church building on Tokai Road

Since 1983

From a school staff room to 28 Tokai Road

A Sunday school started at Kirstenhof Primary in 1983, planted from St James, Kenilworth. The congregation outgrew the staff room, then the school hall. In 1989 the old Breezeland Nursery came up for sale on Tokai Road; two years of building later, the church moved in, and it has met here ever since.

Our team

People you'll meet.

Glenn Lyons
Glenn LyonsRector
Graham van Veen
Graham van VeenAssistant Minister
Denzil Abrahams
Denzil AbrahamsAssistant Minister
Sandy Lyons
Sandy LyonsWomen's Ministry
Olivia Temple
Olivia TempleMusic Ministry
Jeanne Westgate
Jeanne WestgateAdministrator

Before you come

Questions people ask us first.

What should I wear?
Come as you are. Some people dress smartly, others casually. There's no dress code.
What happens to my kids?
At 10am everyone starts together, then children up to Grade 10 go to their age groups. The 8am and 6:30pm services have no separate teaching, but children are very welcome in them.
When should I arrive, and where do I park?
Parking is rarely a problem. Arrive no later than five minutes before the start so you can find a seat easily.
What do I actually do in the service?
Watch what everyone else does. We sit for most of it and stand to sing. The person leading will tell you what's happening at each point.
Can I watch from home?
The 10am service is livestreamed on YouTube, and each Sunday's sermon is posted there afterwards. Selected sermons are on our podcast — Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

Come and visit

There'll be a seat, and someone glad you came

Tell us you're coming

28 Tokai Road
Tokai 7945

021 715 1104
info@tcc.org.za