{"id":129,"date":"2022-02-17T07:58:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T07:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wesleychurch.co.za\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2025-10-04T11:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:57:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wesleychurch.co.za\/?page_id=129","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"129\" class=\"elementor elementor-129\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4528bc93 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4528bc93\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b0e01e4\" data-id=\"2b0e01e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52580f83 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52580f83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-604e2b97 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"604e2b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wesley Methodist Church was founded in 1980. We are an active family church and offer members a variety of opportunities to live out their faith within the Maritzburg area. We aim to be a caring, Spirit-filled church family, through which we experience the life-changing power of Christ, enabling us to share God\u2019s Love with the community. Essentially, our Vision is to Love, to Learn, and to Live like Jesus. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wesley Methodist Church is a Society of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA), and as such, falls under the Natal West District, in the Pietermaritzburg Metro Circuit. Wesley maintains strong relationships with the other Methodist churches in our Circuit (namely Metro (Chapel Street), Prestbury, Hilton, Howick, Woodlands, Mountain Rise, Brentwood, Baynesfield, as well as the Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary (SMMS) in Epworth).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0We value our connection to the other church denominations in the Hayfields area and are members of the Hayfields fraternal.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At Wesley Methodist Church, we believe that God created every person to live \u201cthe abundant life\u201d that Jesus promised us (John 10:10).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We invite you to journey with us as we seek to live in response to God\u2019s grace and love.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba0720c 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