Welcome to the website of the St John's Parish,

Wynberg, Cape Town.

St John’s Parish

The Parish of St John the Evangelist Wynberg is an evangelical Anglican Parish in association with the Diocese of Cape Town and consists of six churches:

                • St John’s Church, Wynberg

- received legislative recognition in 1833 – Ordinance 6 of Cape Legislative Council;

- superceded by Act No 9 of the 1891 Cape Parliament (St John’s Act).

The following churches were subsequently established (Dates reflect when the church buildings were consecrated)

        • St Luke’s Church, Diep River                             - 1897

        • Christ Church, Kenilworth                                   - 1907

        • St Philip’s Church, Kenwyn                                - 1921

        • Emmanuel Church, Wynberg                             - 1928

        • Church of the Holy Spirit, Kirstenhof                - established 1999

Together, these churches constitute the Parish of St John the Evangelist Wynberg (the Parish). In addition, a separate Trust was registered in 2003 as a Community Development initiative of the Parish. This Trust operates independently of, but is accountable to, the Parish and appointments to its Board of Trustees are made by the St John’s Parish Council.

The six churches enjoy equal partner status and all have similar representation on Parish Council and other Parish bodies. They are a group of churches accountable to, and in communion with, each other.

The Parish is in association with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) and is part of the Diocese of Cape Town (Constantia Archdeaconry). In order to ensure that the evangelical tradition and ethos of the Parish is maintained, an historical arrangement with the CPSA (Declaration of Association between the Parish of St John the Evangelist Wynberg and His Grace the Archbishop of Cape Town on behalf of the Diocese of Cape Town) signed on 30 April 1956 preserves the right of the Parish to:

-          appoint its own clergy (with the approval of the Bishop who licenses them),

-          to remunerate its clergy

-          to own its property and manage its finances

The Parish makes an annual voluntary contribution to support the work of the Diocese. Clergy and elected lay representatives participate in Synod and Archdeaconry Councils and serve on Diocesan committees and bodies as requested.

The Parish uses liturgies in a manner which expresses its evangelical doctrine. The Parish also uses and develops other forms of service in accordance with its evangelical tradition.

The evangelical position of the Parish is more fully described n the following papers:

-          St John’s Parish Wynberg – Anglican, Evangelical and Charismatic

-          The Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials

-          Celebration of Holy Communion in the Parish of St John the Evangelist Wynberg

 History of St John’s Parish

 This is described in the March 2005 edition of Parish Profile

 ‘St John’s Parish – its history and ethos’.