Leaders
JD Senkbile
JD met his wife Michele, a born and bred Capetonian/South African, at university in Chicago. After studying, they moved to Nebraska where JD worked as a youth pastor before moving to Omaha, to help plant Coram Deo Church. In 2008, JD moved his family to Cape Town where he now serves as the Acts 29 Network’s director for church planting in Africa.
In the spring of 2009 JD gathered a small band of people to start envisioning the start of a new church in the heart of Cape Town’s city bowl district. This was the beginning of VOX City Church.
JD serves as the lead elder of VOX and his primary roles are preaching, vision, strategy and leadership development. In his spare time, you will find JD playing with his kids, watching a movie with his wife, or grabbing a surf. JD’s greatest passion is that people would experience the fullness of the Gospel.
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Kyle Johnston
Kyle can be known with reference to two other people: Jesus and Kirsty. Kyle became a follower of Christ after reading CS Lewis and being struck by a strong realization of God’s existence, power and grace. Kyle also had the good fortune of meeting his best friend, Kirsty, while studying. They got married at 21, after he completed his B.Comm & PGCE at Stellenbosch University.
After a couple years in various ministry settings, the Johnstons were called by God to help start Vox City Church under the Senkbiles. Kyle’s roles at Vox include serving on the leadership team as an assistant to JD, leading a missional community, occassionally preaching, co-ordinating Sunday services and doing financial administration.
When not working for Vox, Kyle is studying a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology through the Bible Institute. His hobbies include reading, exercise, and movies but especially hanging out with his beautiful wife, Kirsty.
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Angela Goodrich
Angela is a highly skilled Bible teacher, and plays a vital role in the daily, administrative running of Vox City Church.
Her roles at Vox include being an assistant to JD, as well as engaging in women’s ministry.
