George Whitefield College
Education in Cape Town

To this end we provide top quality reformed theological education, understand the Bible correctly, with equipped Christian men and women who love the Lord Jesus, and the rest of the world, and other Christian workers for ministry.
Our mission is to provide Africa, missionaries, pastors, and so training up preachers, and who are able to communicate it to others.

GWC is an accredited theological college based in Cape Town, South Africa. We offer engaging programmes in Theology, the core subjects being Doctrine, Biblical Languages, Church History and the much neglected discipline of Biblical Theology. One of the distinctive features of GWC is the advantage of living in a diverse community of some fifteen African nationalities. Our 11 full-time Faculty are men and women of strong evangelical faith with significant pastoral ministry experience in the local church. Join our mailing to be kept up-to-date with all the latest news relating to our academic programme, faculty, events and life at GWC. Please partner with us and help GWC increase Africa’s share in the Kingdom of God as we prepare workers for the Gospel. We are a theological college based in Cape Town, South Africa. We offer engaging courses in doctrine, Biblical languages, history and the much-neglected discipline of Biblical Theology. It was his passion for evangelism and strong Bible-based theological preaching that the GWC founders desired to honour in naming the College after him. The College was founded in 1989, the product of the vision of Bishops Dudley Foord and Joe Bell, successive Presiding Bishops of the Church of England in Southern Africa. Their vision was for a college that would ground people thoroughly in God’s word, that they might be faithful and impassioned stewards of its message. He believed that men and women who knew God and understood his will would be faithful in imparting this saving truth to others. GWC began its life in a cluster of houses in Kalk Bay close to the long-established Bible Institute of South Africa. The two colleges worked in close cooperation, and still do. With Broughton Knox came vast experience and knowledge to back up his vision. Drawing on his knowledge and experience, he laid solid foundations and set the college firmly on its path. There were four essential elements in his vision for the college: godly, learned faculty members, an excellent library, genuinely converted students with an aptitude for learning and teaching, and a convenient campus. Along with his academic credentials, Dr Seccombe came with many years of experience in leading a church, and set himself the task of strengthening the pastoral training component of the college’s programme. In 1997 GWC became affiliated with Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, now known as North-West University. For some years students of GWC were also students of N-WU, and although they studied at GWC with GWC’s curriculum, were able to graduate with the Bachelor of Theology, the Bachelor of Arts Honours, and the Master of Arts degrees from N-WU. In 1998 the college moved to a new campus in Muizenberg, where it has been able to consolidate and expand. In 2005 GWC established its Evangelical Research Fellowship with the aim of assisting postgraduate students (honours, masters, doctoral) to achieve their academic goals at the same time as they advance in usefulness to the mission of the church. In 2010 GWC achieved full registration with the SA Dept of Education as a private higher education institute with its own accredited degree (Bachelor in Theology) and certificate course (Certificate in Theology). In 2016 the Bachelor of Theology Honours programme was established and accredited. GWC has grown to become an important contributor to theological education in Africa, preparing students for ministries of the Word of God in South Africa, greater Africa and beyond. George Whitefield College is grateful to God for his rich provision.