Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the United States Government
On 7 February 2025, the President of the United States of America issued an executive order withdrawing all U.S. government aid to South Africa. In the same week, their Secretary of State announced his refusal to attend the G20 summit in South Africa. The stated reasons for these actions are claims of victimisation, violence and hateful rhetoric against white people in South Africa along with legislation providing for the expropriation of land without compensation.
As white South Africans in active leadership within the Christian community, representing diverse political and theological perspectives, we unanimously reject these claims. We make this statement as white South Africans because these claims are being made about us and our experience in this place. The narrative presented by the U.S. government is founded on fabrications, distortions, and outright lies. It does not reflect the reality of our country and, if anything, serves to heighten existing tensions in South Africa. It also detracts from the important work of building safer, healthier communities and addressing the complex history of land dispossession by white Europeans from the black African majority.
That South Africa has failed to effectively address the racial injustices of Apartheid and Colonialism is obvious. Whilst the reasons for this are complex, one factor is the sustained resistance by many white South Africans to initiatives that seek to meaningfully address the economic and land ownership consequences of these systems of racial oppression. The resultant tensions thereof are now being weaponized for cheap political points in the USA. Similarly, there are South African leaders, especially within the white community, who are using the deplorable actions and statements of the President of the United States of America and his supporters to serve the narrow needs of their local constituencies. We call on our fellow South Africans to reconsider this dangerous political strategy and to rather give their energy towards working for a more just future in South Africa.
As South Africans who are Christian, followers of the ways of Jesus, we do this because we are conscious that the current U.S. government administration identifies and draws support from significant parts of our fellow believers in the USA. Recalling our history where the Christian faith was used to justify the oppressive colonial and apartheid regimes tacitly and explicitly, we have watched in horror as political rhetoric in the United States of America has also drawn on the Christian faith in ways which dismiss the most basic Christian call to caring for the vulnerable, loving of neighbours, and working for a good society for all. Such distortions of Christianity have produced innumerable violences, and the justifying of such violences in the name of Christianity is something we condemn and reject as leaders of our faith.
What is today known as South Africa is a part of the world that has experienced immense violence over multiple generations. We lament the fact that it continues to be a country with extremely high levels of violence which have impacted many, if not most of us, personally. However, while all South Africans have been personally touched by violence, the narrative of “disproportionate violence” aimed at white South Africans that President Trump is attempting to push negates the indisputable reality, for anyone living in South Africa, that black South Africans continue to be subject to the worst excesses of violence and oppression. Genocide Watch has noted that while white South Africans make up around 8% of the population they account for less than 2% of the murder victims.
Whilst we have serious concerns about the political nature of foreign aid into our country and continent, the sudden and immediate withdrawal of aid, particularly aid which supports our health systems, promises devastation for our communities. In particular, the support being withdrawn from South Africa disproportionately affects the HIV community who rely on antiretroviral medication. South Africa has a significant number of people who are HIV+, and for whom access to antiretroviral medication is a matter of life or death. As pastors, we know them as members of our congregations and communities. As followers of the God of life, and of Jesus Christ whose ministry of healing has guided the work of the church over centuries, we must protest in the strongest possible terms where we see racial politics being weaponized in ways that will contribute to the early death for the poor and vulnerable, while serving the political agendas of the powerful.
As white Christian South Africans, we confess that we have not done enough to rectify the injustices of our colonial and apartheid past. We acknowledge the call of the gospel to continue working to undo the injustices of the past, and we recommit ourselves to work for redress, restitution and healing. We know that rectifying historic injustices in land ownership and working beyond this towards undoing immense inequality is a key part of the gospel call for a commitment towards justice in our country.
We also commit ourselves to pray and stand in solidarity with faith leaders in the United States of America who are called to be a voice for justice and peace in this turbulent time. We recognize that the actions of the government and business leaders of the USA will have a definite impact on the future of the entire globe and that faith communities are called to critical witness in a time such as this. In the same way that churches were called to commit to united work for justice during the dark days of apartheid, we commit to supporting the prophetic church in the USA as it works for justice in the weeks, months, and years to come.
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Author Group
Cobus van Wyngaard, Unisa & Dutch Reformed Church Pretoria, Gauteng
Craig Stewart, St Peters Anglican Church, Mowbray, Western Cape
Curtis Love (University of South Africa, Theological Ethics) Johannesburg, Gauteng
Sarah Montgomery, Lifespring Community Church, Durban, KZN
Signatories
| Stephan de Beer | Centre for Faith and Community, University of Pretoria | Pretoria |
| Prof Dion Forster | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam / Stellenbosch University | Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Marthie Momberg | Research Fellow, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University | Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Liesl Stewart | St. Peters, Mowbray (Anglican) | Rosebank, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Alexa Russell Matthews | Arise Family NGO, Church of the Holy Spirit, Social Worker | Lakeside, Cape Town |
| Pete Portal | Tree of Life Community Trust | Manenberg, Cape Town, WC |
| Anneke Rabe | SACLI | Mpumalnga |
| Christo Greyling | Dutch Reformed Church representative to the World Council of Churches’Commission on Health and Healing, Lead on subcommittee on HIV, reproductive health and epidemics | Somerset West, Western Cape (and Hilversum, Netherlands) |
| Prof Sharlene Swartz | St Francis Anglican Church; University of Cape Town | Betty’s Bay, Western Cape |
| John Scheepers | Isiphambano Centre, Cape Town Baptist Seminary | Salt River, Western Cape |
| Wendy Lewin | The Greenhouse Collective | Hout Bay, Western Cape |
| Philip Donald | Anglican | Lansdowne, Western Cape |
| Pieter Bezuidenhout | AFM pastor | Centurion, Gauteng |
| Dr Colin Habberton | Signal Church, Angello Network | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Rev Brendan Fox | Anglican | Kirstenhof, Western Cape |
| Xana McCauley | Rhema | Fourways, Gauteng |
| Nigel Branken | Neighbours NPO and We are Church, Pastor, Social Worker and Activist | Gauteng, South Africa |
| Wilna de Beer | Tshwane Leadership Foundation | Pretoria, Gauteng |
| Chris Kamalski | Follower of Christ, American (married to a South African!) living permanently in South Africa, Editorial Director for Missio Aliance, Coach & Spiritual Director, Restore Voice | Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape |
| Garth Japhet | Heartlines | Johannesburg Gauteng |
| Marius Louw | Minister in the DRC. Currently minister of the English Reformed Church, Amsterdam. | Amsterdam |
| Sarah Portal | Tree of Life Manenberg | Manenberg |
| Brett “Fish” Anderson | Heartlines, Wellspring Community Church | Diep River, Cape Town |
| Stuart Talbot | Lay worker ngo | Kzn |
| Rev Steven Lottering | Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Cape Town |
| Dr Vaughan Stannard | Beautiful Gate SA | Pinelands, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Wilma Terry Jakobsen | Anglican/Volmoed | Hermanus Western Cape |
| Riaan de Villiers | Dutch Reformed Church | Cape Town Western Cape |
| Duncan Mclea | Anglican Priest | Claremont, Cape Town |
| Dr Robert Steiner | Rondebosch United Church | Cape Town |
| Louis van der Riet | Dutch Reformed Church | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Jacqui Tooke | Pinelands Baptist Church | Pinelands, Western Cape |
| Alexander F Venter | SACLI co-chair and Vineyard pastor | Salt Rock, KZN |
| Stiaan van der Merwe | South African | Norwood, Gauteng |
| Jennifer Charlton | Anglican | Greenside, Gauteng |
| Janet Trisk | Anglican | Port Alfred, Eastern Cape |
| Miles Giljam | SACLI; Anglican Church of the Holy Spirit, Kirstenhof | Muizenberg, Western Cape. |
| Bianca Truter-Botha | Dutch Reformed Church | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Chris Ahrends | Retired Anglican Priest | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Cecile Murray-Louw | NGK Durbanville Moedergemeente | Durbanville, Western Cape |
| Susan Smith | Church membership | Caoe Tiwn Caoe Orovincr |
| Daniela G | Coordinator, We Will Speak Out South Africa and Lay Canon, Anglican Diocese of Natal | Durban, KwaZulu Natal |
| Rev Dr Rachel Mash | Anglican Church of Southern Africa | Capetown, South Africa (permanent resident) |
| André Buttner | The Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Cape Town |
| Lou-Maré Denton | Dutch Reformed Church | Brackenfell, Western Cape |
| Tamsyn Pretorius | Every Nation Rosebank | Gauteng |
| Ecclesia de Lange | Inclusive and Affirming Ministries | Durbanville, Western Cape |
| Dr. Khegan M. Delport | Stellenbosch University / Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Kerry Wiens | Inundo Development Model Farm | Assagay, KZN |
| Revd Dr Claire Nye Hunter | Anglican priest | Rondebosch |
| Renier Lindeque | Atheist | Bryanston, Gauteng |
| Grant Edkins | White active citizen | Hilton, KZN |
| Rev. Chuck Spong | Assemblies of God | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA |
| Caren Falconer | Ubukho Bakhe | Western Cape |
| Arnau van Wyngaard | Dutch Reformed Church Paulpietersburg | Piet Retief, Mpumalanga |
| Annie Kirke | Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Diocese of Cape Town | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| André Buttner | The Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Cape Town |
| Carol Franck | Pinelands Baptist Church | Pinelands Western Cape |
| Jaques Pretorius | Anglican Board of Education for Southern Africa (ABESA) | Cape Town |
| Ab IJzerman | Uniting Reformed Church | Khayelitsha. Western Cape |
| Rev Ron Robertson | Methodist church | Linbro Park, Gauteng |
| Neil Vels | Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Cape Town |
| Rev Joe Taylor | Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Hilton, Kwazulu Natal |
| Rev Toni Kruger-Ayebazibwe | Metropolitan Community Church / GIN SSOGIE | Newlands, Johannesburg |
| Jessica McCarter | Christ church Kenilworth. Anglican | Claremont. Capetown Western Cape |
| Robyn Jacobs | Arise Family NPO, Clinical Psychologist and University Drive Alliance Church | Cape Town, South Africa / Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
| Antoinette Erasmus | AFM of SA | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Ann Currie | Anglican Church | Pinelands, Western Cape |
| Charlene van der Walt | Honorary Associate Professor, Gender and Religion, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu Natal/Global Coordinator for Theological Education, Act Church of Sweden | Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Fiona McLennan | Congregational/Presbyterian (United Church) | Rondebosch, Western Cape |
| Michael Deeb | Catholic Dominican | Scottsville, KZN |
| Johannes Mouton | Dutch Reformed Church | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Kerrigan McCarthy | Anglican Church of the Province of South Africa | Johannesburg Gauteng |
| Kevin Robertson | Anglican Church | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Tiana Bosman | University of the Western Cape | Cape Town |
| Julian cornelius muller | Dutch Reformed Church | Western Cape |
| Mel Steyn | Anglican | Bathurst Eastern Cape |
| Muller Oosthuizen | Dutch Reformed Church Williston | Williston, Northern Cape |
| David Field | United Methodist | Basel Switzerland |
| Mogomotsi Diutlwileng | Methodist Church | Pretoria – Gauteng Province |
| Etienne Snyman | Dutch Reformed Church (NGK) | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Rowan Haarhoff | Wellspring Community Church (Landsdowne) | Claremont, Western Cape |
| Larry Warner | Disciples of Christ | Oceanside, CA USA |
| Louis Kritzinger Louw | Retired minister of the Dutch Reformed Church h | Pretoria, Gauteng |
| Joel Mxolisi Mayephu | Free Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Sunnyside Pretoria Gauteng |
| Andrew George Fair | White Christian South African Male | Somerset west, Western Cape |
| Mani Molefe | Methodist church | Roodepoort – Gauteng |
| Helène Smit | Stellenbosch Gemeente | Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Jacobus Adriaan Myburgh | Dutch Reformed Church | Wierdapark Gauteng |
| Doug Falconer | Ubukho Bakhe | Bergvliet, Western Cape |
| Petrus Francois Smit | Pastor of Dutch Reformed Church Groenkloof | Groenkloof, Gauteng |
| Andrew Wonnacott | New Hope SA | Muizenberg, Cape Town |
| Susan Hobbs | Amglican | KLOOF, KZN |
| Lyn van Rooyen | Dutch Reformed Church, consultant, World Council of Churches | Randburg, Gauteng |
| Dave Stroud | Member Care,Youth With A Mission | Parklands,Western Cape |
| Corne Peters | South African | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Andries du Toit | Numa Life Church | Retreat, Cape Town, WC |
| Jacques | DRC Parke | Kraaifontein, Western Cape |
| Charles Matthews | CHS Anglican | Lakeside, Western Cape |
| Karen Grant | Common Ground | Constantia, Western cape |
| Matthew Lewis | YWAM Durban, Follower, 24/7 Prayer South Africa | Durban Kwazulu-Natal |
| Andrew David McElwee | United Methodist | Bothell, Washington |
| Mike Durrant | Minister MCSA | Ifafi. North West |
| Rose S | Private | Durban KZN |
| Bronwyn Witthoft | Uviwe – You are heard : Debriefing, Pastoral Counselling and Member Care | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Margie Pretorius | Unaffiliated Jesus follower | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Revd Lorna Lavarello-Smith | Anglican Church of Southern Africa | Claremont Western Cape |
| Lesley Pope | Methodist | Edenvale, Gauteng |
| Lindy Bossenger | Anglican South African | Gauteng |
| Doug Sevre | Jesus Follower and Disciple Maker | Indio, CA United States |
| Abby Mkhwanazi | Lifespring community church, Brethren Church in Africa, Heart to Heart International | Waterfall, KZN |
| Laurie Gaum | Durch Reformed Church | Muizenberg, Western Cape |
| Carusta van der Merwe | University of Pretoria | Queenswood, Pretoria, Gauteng |
| Angela Clarke | Youth with a Mission | Muizenberg, Cape Town |
| Ronel Betts | Teacher; follower of Jesus. | Fish Hoek, Western Cape |
| Roleen Webber-Green | . | Waverley, Gauteng |
| Ernst Conradie | UWC | Bellville, Western Cape |
| Johan Pienaar | Retired minister Dutch Reformed church | Gauteng |
| Justin Taylor | Minister in the Church of Scotland | Guernsey |
| Sue Gray | Signal Church, Vineyard | Newlands, Western Cape |
| Esias E. Meyer | University of Pretoria and Dutch Reformed Church | Pretoria, Gauteng |
| Megan Chitsike | Wellspring Community Church | Western Cape |
| Bruce Nadin | Capricorn Community Church | Western Cape |
| Nicole Masureik | Pinelands Baptist Church | Pinelands, Western Cape |
| Ian France | Gracepoint Methodist Church | Johannesburg Gauteng |
| DEBBIE | Personal | Gauteng |
| Henry Pienaar | Christian Theologian | Strandfontein Cape Town |
| Rebecca Parry | member, Christ Church Kenilworth | Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Greig Daryl Wegerle | Pastor and Businessman | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Mary Jean Thomas-Johnson | St John’s Anglican Church | Wynberg, Western Cape |
| Valerie Anderson | Christian | Cape Town CBD |
| Richard Bolland | Founder, New Hope SA | Muizenberg, Western Cape |
| Jo-ann Scheepers | Teacher in Christian Education | Salt River, Cape Town |
| David J. Kleinhans | All Saints United Church | Pietermariztburg, KwaZulu-Natal |
| John van de Laar | Methodist Church | Atlasville, Gauteng |
| Andrew Holmes | Anglican | Cape Town |
| Dereck Palmer | Assemblies of God | Bergvliet, CPT, WC |
| Fr Russell Pollitt SJ | Roman Catholic | Gauteng |
| Cindy Duvel | Christian Leader | Pinelands, Cape Town |
| Taryn Wegerle | Pastor & Principal | Durban, KZN |
| Glenda James | Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Milnerton, Western Cape |
| Nic Paton | Cape Town Interfaith Initiative | Cape Town Western Cape |
| Craig Duvel | Pinelands Baptist Church | Pinelands, Western Cape |
| David J. Kleinhans | All Saints United Church | Pietermariztburg, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Dr Grace Nkomo | Connect Network, Ubukho Bakhe, University of the Western Cape | Tokai, Western Cape |
| Jackie Gallagher | Hillside Vineyard Church South Africa | Johannesburg Gauteng |
| Nicole Joshua | Anglican | Heathfield, Western Cape |
| Johan van der Merwe | Dutch Reformed Church Stellenbosch | Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Taryn Galloway | CHS, Anglican Church | Kenilworth, Cape Town, western Cape |
| Prof Hennie Goede | Faculty of Theology, North-West University | Potchefstroom, North-West |
| Mike Batley | Social worker, restorative justice practitioner | Pretoria Gauteng |
| Lucy Ivins | Hilton Methodist Church & Religious Education Teacher | Hilton KZN |
| A. James Goddard | Methodist Church of SA | Hilton, KZN |
| Rebecca Benn | Home Ground | Westville (KZN) |
| Professor Anthony Reddie | University of South Africa | West Midlands, the UK |
| Dr Gideon van der Watt | Lutheran Pastor | Bloemfontein, Free State |
| David Botha | Religious leader | Tulbagh Road Western Cape |
| André Bartlett | Dutch Reformed Church | Riebeek West Western Cape |
| Sarah Rule | Roman Catholic Womenpriests South Africa | Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Charlotte Brown | Anglican Deacon | Cape Town, western province |
| Wendy Rens | Pinelands Baptist | Pinelands, Westeen Cape |
| Juanita Greyvenstein | Krugerpark Community Church | Skukuza, Mpumalanga |
| Annalet van Schalkwyk | Theologian, Honorary Professor in School of Philosophy, Religious Studies and Classics; UKZN | Tshwane, Gauteng |
| Sunelle Stander (Lays) | Ordained Pastor, Presbyterian Church (USA) | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Sas Conradie | Tearfund, NGK Pretoria-Oosterlig | Londen |
| Heather Hill | Central Methodist Mission | Cape Town |
| Nozipho | mcsa | kzn |
| Grant Stewart | R-Cubed (Restore Reconnect Rebuild) | Western cape |
| Heidi Newby | Active white citizen | Deneysville, Free State |
| Tumo Joseph mofokeng | Director of Afrolatin in favor of the world | Free State |
| Tony Drake | Christian | Observatory, Western Province |
| Joe Janse van Rensburg | Dutch Reformed Church (NG Kerk) | Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape |
| Megan Forster | Methodist Church | Somerset West & Netherlands |
| Francois Mynhardt van Pletsen | Interdenominational Independent | Somerset West, Western Cape |
| Noxolo Khanyile | Christ believer & follower | Soweto, Johannesburg |
| Luan Martin | Dutch Reformed Church | Kloof, KwaZulu Natal |
| Charnelle | Follower of Jesus Christ | Western cape |
| Rev Chris McLachlan | Reforming Church, South Africa | Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Bishop Geoffrey Davies | SAFCEI and ACSA | Western Cape |
| Melissa Riordan | Christian (Anglicanl | Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape |
| Rev. Patti Ricotta | Life Together International | Massachusetts, United States |
| Revd Dr Kevin Snyman | United Reformed Chirch | Durham, UK |
| Jocylyn Liedeman | Anglican | Parow, W. Cape |
| Richard Stephenson | Independent | Edgemead, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| James Mumper | Vineyard Church | Global Citizen |
| Catherine Draper | University of the Witwatersrand | Pinelands, Cape Town |
| Peter Watt | Church Leader | Durban KZN |
| Heather Ferreira | Self | Totally agree |
| Susannah Farr | Life Church; Pan African Youth Development Agency Leader | Kigali, Rwanda |
| Eugene Roberts | Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa | Gqeberha, Eastern Cape |
| Francois Naude | NG Kerk | Calvinia Northern Cape |
| Ashley Roberts | Christian; teacher | Gauteng |
| Tiaan Muller | Dutch Reformed Church | Humansdorp |
| Carien de Villiers | South African | Western Cape |
| Jacobus Francois Potgieter | None | Constantia, Cape Town |
| David Barbour | Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Musgrave, Durban, KZN |
| Marike Brink | Member: Dutch Reformed Church | Gauteng |
| Enrico Fourie | Methodist | Gauteng |
| Franziska Andrag-Meyer | Dutch Reformed Church | Struisbaai, Western Cape |
| Jenny kerchhoff | St matthews anglican church in hayfields | Pietermaritzburg , kwazulu natal |
| Nyasha Musimwa | Roman Catholic | Randburg, Gauteng |
| Tracy Bell | Anglican – Diocese of Natal | Pietermaritzburg, KZN |
| Alastair Buchanan | A pastor (retired) of Jubilee C.Church | Rondebosch |
| Tracy Jean Smith | Anglican | KZN |
| Ralph Willcox | Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Parklands, Western Cape Province |
| Marthe Muller | Urantia Teaching Mission | Bantry Bay, South Africa |
| George Lyon Sander | CfC Ministries | Marina Beach, KZN |
| Allan David Booth | Methodist | Kwa Zulu Natal |
| Deon Snyman | Uniting Reformed Church | Malmesbury, Western Cape |
| Sue Clarke | Methodist | Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Jabu Mnculwane | Endumisweni Community Church | Pietermaritzburg |
| Nicole Snowball | Signal Church | Cape Town Western Cape |
| Johan Stander | Emeritus Reverend Dutch Reformed Church | Bettys Bay Western Cape |
| Isolde de Villiers | Law Researcher | Free State |
| Sharon Westcott | White Christian | La lucia 0832700478 |
| Ashling McCarthy | Christian non-demomination | Berea, South Africa |
| Stephen Oliver | Good Hope Metropolitan Community Church | Vredehoek, Western Cape |
| Rev Dr Jenette Louisa Sprong | Methodist Church of Southern Africa | Scottburgh, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Wilhelm Henry Meyer | University of KwaZulu Natal | Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal |
| MarilynSchott | Baptist | Ekurhuleni, Gauteng |
| David | Tomfoolery | Durban, Kwazulu Natal |
| Nadia Schoeman | White Christian | Mbombela Mpumalanga |
| Helgard Pretorius | NG Kerk Pinelands | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Sally Goldman | Methodist | Hillcrest, KZN |
| Sarah Crawford-Browne | Anglican | Milnerton, Western Cape |
| Dr Annemarie Paulin-Campbell | Christian belonging to the Roman Catholic Church | Linden Johannesburg |
| Delme Linscott | Methodist Church | Cape Town |
| Terri Clapperton | Home Ground Church | Westville, KZN |
| Johan Pienaar | Predikant NG Kerk | Lynnwood Gauteng |
| Ayub Khan | ANC | KZN |
| Joe Baumgartner | Swiss residing in SA, humanitarian worker, worships at TNC Midrand | Johannesburg Gauteng |
| Jenny Pereira | Methodist church | Pietermaritzburg, Kzn |
| Pieter Roeloffse | Stellenbosch Gemeente | Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Gil Marsden | Church of the Holy Spirit | Kirstenhof, Western Cape |
| Mpole Samuel Masemola | College of the Transfiguration/ Anglican Church of Souther Africa | Makhanda |
| Martin Badenhorst OP | Roman Catholic | Hyde Park, Gauteng |
| Revd Mpole Samuel Masemola | College of the Transfiguration / Anglican Church of Southern Africa | Makhanda, Eastern Cape |
| Lawrize Stofberg | Vineyard Church senior pastor (VCUKI) | Piperdam, Angus |
| Barnard Gerhard | WinaCity | Kuilsrivier, Western Cape |
| Mary Robson | Catholic | Durban KwaZulu-Natal |
| Jon Kerr | Anglican | Claremont, Western Cape |
| Xolani Nkosi | BARA-CREATION MINISTRIES, Principa at Union Bible Institute | PIETERMARITZBURG, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Rev Erica Murray | Anglican Church | Capetown Western Cape |
| Tim Tucker | The Message Trust | Observatory, Western Cape |
| Thomas Plastow, S.J. | St. Francis Xavier Seminary | Athlone, Western Cape |
| Sarah Oliver | Anglican | Observatory, Western Cape |
| Sarah Porter | Anglican Church | Firgrove, W.Cape |
| Nqabomzi Gawe | I support the group and the statement! | Berea KZN |
| Annatha Nel | NGK Keimoes en Neilersdrift | Northern Cape |
| Jim Cochrane | Em. Prof. University of Cape Town | Cape Town, Western Province |
| Grant Gunston | Jubilee Community church | Cape Town, WC |
| Brian Helsby | Heartlines | Gauteng |
| Ines Neto | International Grail | Western Cape |
| Martin Breytenbach | Anglican | Mowbray, Western Cape |
| Wendy Appleton | Christ follower | Rondebosch, Cape Town |
| Ashley Maclennan | The University of the Western Cape | Parow, Western Cape |
| Roselyn Ann Morrow | Catholic Chrostian | Morningside, Durban |
| Anne Webster | NCCB | Jhb |
| Craig Banks | Methodist | Sea Point Western Cape |
| Saleem Badat | University of the Free State | Durban Kwazulu-Natal |
| Craig Algie | Christian | Western Cape |
| Martin Mulcahy | St Michael’s Catholic church | Rondebosch, Western Cape |
| Retha Scholtz | Private | Aston Manor Gauteng |
| Werner Lottering | Catholic Church | Gauteng |
| Wimke Jurgens | DR Church | Goodwood, Western Cape |
| David Grant | Common Ground | Constantia, Western Cape |
| Rosanne Shields | Southern Cross Magazine (Catholic) | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Janine Preesman | Ordained Minister Metropolitan Community Churches | Queenswood, Gauteng |
| Rev. Nkululeko Khanyile | Christian | Soweto, Gauteng |
| David Meldrum | Anglican | Mowbray, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Sarah-Leah Pimentel | White Catholic | Muizenberg, Western Cape |
| Jonathan King | Crossways Church | East London |
