“But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty…” – 1 Corinthians 1:27 (NKJV)
Tehillim Tabernacle were founded in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the world by storm.
Hence our journey began during a time when the world thought Church could be crippled. However, our Story started many years ago.
In 1999 & 2000, students Randal Jacobs and JC Bantom respectively started their formal education in Theology at the Sarepta Theological College as Night (Part-Time) Students. They formed a friendship that would prove unbreakable and would last through time. One of their lecturers, Ps Paul Petersen (M.Th.), then Dean of the College and lecturer of Old Testament, New Testament, Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Greek, were always somehow involved in their journey and kept in touch over the years.
Coming back to 2020, after starting a Bible School and Church in Kraaifontein, Ps Paul Petersen was once again reconnected with JC Bantom who decided to do his “probation” as pastor under his ex-lecturer. At that time Ps JC Bantom and Ps Randal Jacobs who celebrated his Church in Namibia’s 10th Anniversary and Inauguration of their 1st Building earlier that year. These two pastors met with Ps Paul and started this beautiful work called Tehillim Tabernacle, along with Ps Antonia Petersen and Ps Peter Ross, not discounting all the brethren and sisters who stood with Ps Paul & Antonia Petersen (husband & wife) in this journey.
“We are an Urban, Pentecostal Church with the mandate to preach, teach and live out the message of the Cross and to empower our communities.
We take a holistic approach, by focusing on the Spiritual- Social- Emotional- Financial- and Physical- Wellbeing of our people.”
We thrive to make a difference in the lives of those we encounter, without compromising the very important “Message of the Cross”.