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This story began when Pastor Divan was only 19 years of age. God led him into a time of prayer and fasting. One night during this time, the Lord took him into a vision, the Lord revealed to him how he would minister to the lost, the deceived and how he would expose the powers of darkness within the lives of people.

THE VISION

In this vision the Lord took Pastor Divan in front of multitudes of people as he was preaching to them. Whilst being in the spirit the Glory of God suddenly came from within him reaching all the way to the heavens. It was so overwhelming that he felt as if his body was unable to contain it. In this vision God led him to minister to people in Europe as well as in America. Pastor Divan was filled with compassion for them and experienced the love of the Lord for these people. In this time one of the biggest Prophets in South Africa called him out one night and prophesied over him confirming what God has already placed inside of him. After this encounter, Pastor Divan went to Bible School and completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Theology. He also started to serve in the youth ministry and became a youth Pastor.

ROMANS 12:2

Romans 12:2 (MSG) “Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out.

2009

In 2009 Pastors Divan and Tanya were married and a year later their journey in ministry began. In 2015 God called them to go to minister for about a year in Texas, USA. At the end of this period God led them to start The Upper Room Family Church (2016) in their home town Pretoria, South Africa. Thank You for Your Support and Prayers and may this inspire you as the reader to go out and be a Light in the Darkness!

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DIVAN LOUW

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TANYA LOUW

SENIOR PASTORS

This story began when Pastor Divan was only 19 years of age. God led him into a time of prayer and fasting. One night during this time, the Lord took him into a vision, the Lord revealed to him how he would minister to the lost, the deceived and how he would expose the powers of darkness within the lives of people.

THE VISION

In this vision the Lord took Pastor Divan in front of multitudes of people as he was preaching to them. Whilst being in the spirit the Glory of God suddenly came from within him reaching all the way to the heavens. It was so overwhelming that he felt as if his body was unable to contain it. In this vision God led him to minister to people in Europe as well as in America. Pastor Divan was filled with compassion for them and experienced the love of the Lord for these people. In this time one of the biggest Prophets in South Africa called him out one night and prophesied over him confirming what God has already placed inside of him. After this encounter, Pastor Divan went to Bible School and completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Theology. He also started to serve in the youth ministry and became a youth Pastor.

ROMANS 12:2

Romans 12:2 (MSG) “Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out.

2009

In 2009 Pastors Divan and Tanya were married and a year later their journey in ministry began. In 2015 God called them to go to minister for about a year in Texas, USA. At the end of this period God led them to start The Upper Room Family Church (2016) in their home town Pretoria, South Africa. Thank You for Your Support and Prayers and may this inspire you as the reader to go out and be a Light in the Darkness!

pastors

SENIOR PASTORS

DIVAN LOUW

and

TANYA LOUW

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STATEMENT

OF FAITH

The Scriptures in their original form, both the Old and New Testament, are divinely inspired and are the revelation of God to man. All Scripture is God-breathed – the Holy Spirit inspired the authors, revealing to them what He wanted written.
THE WORD OF GOD

The Scriptures in their original form, both the Old and New Testament, are divinely inspired and are the revelation of God to man. All Scripture is God-breathed – the Holy Spirit inspired the authors, revealing to them what He wanted written.

God is a Spirit – infinite, eternal, uncreated, and unchangeable in His being or attributes. In Him, all things have their source, support, and end. There is one true God who has a plural nature – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – all distinct personalities, all designated God.
THE GODHEAD

God is a Spirit – infinite, eternal, uncreated, and unchangeable in His being or attributes. In Him, all things have their source, support, and end. There is one true God who has a plural nature – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – all distinct personalities, all designated God.

God, the Father, is the Father of all in a creative sense, but only those who have received Jesus Christ can be called His children in a redemptive sense. He Is the Father of all Christians in a special, intimate relationship.
THE FATHER

God, the Father, is the Father of all in a creative sense, but only those who have received Jesus Christ can be called His children in a redemptive sense. He Is the Father of all Christians in a special, intimate relationship.

Jesus Christ is Lord and the Son of God – these titles proclaim His deity. He is the Only Begotten of the Father, not that He is a son of God in a general sense, but the Son of God in a unique sense. As God He existed eternally and will exist forever. By taking on the form of a man, Jesus is the Word that became flesh. His birth was supernatural and not natural as in the case of all other human beings. He was miraculously ‘virgin-born’ of the Holy Spirit, without a human father.
JESUS CHRIST

Jesus Christ is Lord and the Son of God – these titles proclaim His deity. He is the Only Begotten of the Father, not that He is a son of God in a general sense, but the Son of God in a unique sense. As God He existed eternally and will exist forever. By taking on the form of a man, Jesus is the Word that became flesh. His birth was supernatural and not natural as in the case of all other human beings. He was miraculously ‘virgin-born’ of the Holy Spirit, without a human father.

The Holy Spirit is a divine person, the third person of the Holy Trinity, distinct from the Father and the Son. The clear and unmistakable teaching of Scripture is that the Holy Spirit is personal and is God. He is not an impersonal force, nor a mere principle or influence, but possesses a full, distinct personality.
THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit is a divine person, the third person of the Holy Trinity, distinct from the Father and the Son. The clear and unmistakable teaching of Scripture is that the Holy Spirit is personal and is God. He is not an impersonal force, nor a mere principle or influence, but possesses a full, distinct personality.

All people have been created equally and in the image of God, irrespective of race, ethnicity, colour, gender, age, language, culture, or class. God created humankind in His image, but that image has been marred by sin. Humankind was given free will and through satan’s temptation sinned, thereby incurring the penalty of death, both physical and spiritual. All human beings inherit a sinful nature, which results, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, in actual transgression involving personal guilt.
THE CREATION & FALL OF HUMANKIND

All people have been created equally and in the image of God, irrespective of race, ethnicity, colour, gender, age, language, culture, or class. God created humankind in His image, but that image has been marred by sin. Humankind was given free will and through satan’s temptation sinned, thereby incurring the penalty of death, both physical and spiritual. All human beings inherit a sinful nature, which results, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, in actual transgression involving personal guilt.

Jesus Christ gave His life as a substitutionary sacrifice and ransom for all. His atoning death on the cross and His shed blood fully paid the price of redemption required for the release of sinners. Through His death people can obtain the forgiveness and remission of sins; washing and cleansing from unrighteousness; justification and the pardon from the guilt of transgressions; righteousness and right standing with God; propitiation and reconciliation which restores fellowship andfavour with God; healing and wholeness; the victorious life; and the gift of eternal life.
THE SALVATION OF HUMANKIND

Jesus Christ gave His life as a substitutionary sacrifice and ransom for all. His atoning death on the cross and His shed blood fully paid the price of redemption required for the release of sinners. Through His death people can obtain the forgiveness and remission of sins; washing and cleansing from unrighteousness; justification and the pardon from the guilt of transgressions; righteousness and right standing with God; propitiation and reconciliation which restores fellowship andfavour with God; healing and wholeness; the victorious life; and the gift of eternal life.

Water baptism is a direct commandment of our Lord. Scripture requires that all who have become disciples through repentance and faith in Christ as Saviour and Lord are to be baptised in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Baptism is by immersion in water and is for believers only. The ordinance of baptism is an act of obedience; a symbol of the Christian’s identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection; a declaration that the believer has died with Christ and has been raised with Him to walk in the newness of life; a public confession of the new believer’s faith in Christ; and the answer of a good conscience toward God.
WATER BAPTISM

Water baptism is a direct commandment of our Lord. Scripture requires that all who have become disciples through repentance and faith in Christ as Saviour and Lord are to be baptised in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Baptism is by immersion in water and is for believers only. The ordinance of baptism is an act of obedience; a symbol of the Christian’s identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection; a declaration that the believer has died with Christ and has been raised with Him to walk in the newness of life; a public confession of the new believer’s faith in Christ; and the answer of a good conscience toward God.

Communion is the regular partaking of the emblems of the bread and the cup as symbolic of the Saviour’s broken body and shed blood. In following this ordinance believers are remembering the Lord Jesus; proclaiming His death; giving thanks for the benefits of His broken body and shed blood; expressing their communion with Him and one another; celebrating His resurrection; and anticipating His return.
COMMUNION

Communion is the regular partaking of the emblems of the bread and the cup as symbolic of the Saviour’s broken body and shed blood. In following this ordinance believers are remembering the Lord Jesus; proclaiming His death; giving thanks for the benefits of His broken body and shed blood; expressing their communion with Him and one another; celebrating His resurrection; and anticipating His return.

The new birth is the work of regeneration that the Holy Spirit executes, by which He then indwells the believer. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experience distinct and subsequent to the new birth. Jesus baptises in the Holy Spirit and according to His command all believers are entitled to and should expect the Promise of the Father – the baptism in the Holy Spirit. This was the normal and needful experience of Christians in the Church of the early days. Through the baptism in the Holy Spirit believers are empowered and equipped for life and service; and with it comes the bestowment of the supernatural gifts of the Spirit and their uses in the work of the ministry.
THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

The new birth is the work of regeneration that the Holy Spirit executes, by which He then indwells the believer. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experience distinct and subsequent to the new birth. Jesus baptises in the Holy Spirit and according to His command all believers are entitled to and should expect the Promise of the Father – the baptism in the Holy Spirit. This was the normal and needful experience of Christians in the Church of the early days. Through the baptism in the Holy Spirit believers are empowered and equipped for life and service; and with it comes the bestowment of the supernatural gifts of the Spirit and their uses in the work of the ministry.

The Scriptures demand a life of holiness. Believers are called to separation and consecration unto God. Christ’s holiness is imputed to the regenerated believer, but this positional holiness must be worked out as practical sanctification in the believer’s conduct. Sanctification is a definite, yet progressive work of grace, commencing at the new birth and continuing throughout the life of the Christian. Sanctification is an act of purification and separation from that which is evil; and of dedication unto God.
SANCTIFICATION

The Scriptures demand a life of holiness. Believers are called to separation and consecration unto God. Christ’s holiness is imputed to the regenerated believer, but this positional holiness must be worked out as practical sanctification in the believer’s conduct. Sanctification is a definite, yet progressive work of grace, commencing at the new birth and continuing throughout the life of the Christian. Sanctification is an act of purification and separation from that which is evil; and of dedication unto God.

Divine healing was provided for in the Old Testament and is an integral part of the Gospel. The New Testament declares that through Christ’s redemptive work, full provision has been made for physical healing and health. It is the privilege of believers today. Healing is for physical ills of the human body and is wrought by God’s power in different ways, like the laying on of hands; the prayer of faith; anointing with oil; or the gifts of healing.
DIVINE HEALING AND MIRACLES

Divine healing was provided for in the Old Testament and is an integral part of the Gospel. The New Testament declares that through Christ’s redemptive work, full provision has been made for physical healing and health. It is the privilege of believers today. Healing is for physical ills of the human body and is wrought by God’s power in different ways, like the laying on of hands; the prayer of faith; anointing with oil; or the gifts of healing.

The one true Church is the whole company of all believers who have been called out of sin and the world, redeemed by Jesus and regenerated by the Holy Spirit. It is universal in the sense that it includes all true believers out of all nations from all generations. Each Christian is an integral part of the general assembly and Church of the firstborn registered in heaven. Jesus Christ is the Head of the church and the Bible describes it in different terms, for example, the Body of Christ, His bride, the family of God, the building of God and habitation of God.
THE CHURCH

The one true Church is the whole company of all believers who have been called out of sin and the world, redeemed by Jesus and regenerated by the Holy Spirit. It is universal in the sense that it includes all true believers out of all nations from all generations. Each Christian is an integral part of the general assembly and Church of the firstborn registered in heaven. Jesus Christ is the Head of the church and the Bible describes it in different terms, for example, the Body of Christ, His bride, the family of God, the building of God and habitation of God.

Members of this local church are those who freely and voluntarily subscribe to the basic principles set out in this Statement of Faith, understanding and consenting to the fact that should they violate such principles, they may be required by the leadership of the local church to either accept the leadership’s counsel and discipline or to forfeit their membership. The leadership of the local church has the authority from the Scriptures to withdraw the membership of any member for serious, unrepentant misconduct or similar cause.
CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND RESTORATION

Members of this local church are those who freely and voluntarily subscribe to the basic principles set out in this Statement of Faith, understanding and consenting to the fact that should they violate such principles, they may be required by the leadership of the local church to either accept the leadership’s counsel and discipline or to forfeit their membership. The leadership of the local church has the authority from the Scriptures to withdraw the membership of any member for serious, unrepentant misconduct or similar cause.

STATEMENT

OF FAITH

OF

  • THE WORD OF GOD

    THE WORD OF GOD

    The Scriptures in their original form, both the Old and New Testament, are divinely inspired and are the revelation of God to man.

     

    All Scripture is God-breathed – the Holy Spirit inspired the authors, revealing to them what He wanted written.

  • THE GODHEAD

    THE GODHEAD

    God is a Spirit – infinite, eternal, uncreated, and unchangeable in His being or attributes. In Him, all things have their source, support, and end.

     

    There is one true God who has a plural nature – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – all distinct personalities, all designated God.

  • THE FATHER

    THE FATHER

    God, the Father, is the Father of all in a creative sense, but only those who have received Jesus Christ can be called His children in a redemptive sense. He Is the Father of all Christians in a special, intimate relationship.

  • JESUS CHRIST

    JESUS CHRIST

    Jesus Christ is Lord and the Son of God – these titles proclaim His deity. He is the Only Begotten of the Father, not that He is a son of God in a general sense, but the Son of God in a unique sense. As God He existed eternally and will exist forever.

     

    By taking on the form of a man, Jesus is the Word that became flesh. His birth was supernatural and not
    natural as in the case of all other human beings. He was miraculously ‘virgin-born’ of the Holy Spirit,
    without a human father.

  • THE HOLY SPIRIT

    THE HOLY SPIRIT

    The Holy Spirit is a divine person, the third person of the Holy Trinity, distinct from the Father and the Son.


    The clear and unmistakable teaching of Scripture is that the Holy Spirit is personal and is God. He is not an impersonal force, nor a mere principle or influence, but possesses a full, distinct personality.

  • THE CREATION & FALL OF HUMANKIND

    THE CREATION & FALL OF HUMANKIND

    All people have been created equally and in the image of God, irrespective of race, ethnicity, colour, gender, age, language, culture, or class. God created humankind in His image, but that image has been marred by sin.

     

    Humankind was given free will and through satan’s temptation sinned, thereby incurring the penalty of death, both physical and spiritual. All human beings inherit a sinful nature, which results, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, in actual transgression involving personal guilt.

  • THE SALVATION OF HUMANKIND

    THE SALVATION OF HUMANKIND

    Jesus Christ gave His life as a substitutionary sacrifice and ransom for all.

     

    His atoning death on the cross and His shed blood fully paid the price of redemption required for the release of sinners. Through His death people can obtain the forgiveness and remission of sins; washing and cleansing from unrighteousness; justification and the pardon from the guilt of transgressions; righteousness and right standing with God; propitiation and reconciliation which restores fellowship andfavour with God; healing and wholeness; the victorious life; and the gift of eternal life.

  • WATER BAPTISM

    WATER BAPTISM

    Water baptism is a direct commandment of our Lord. Scripture requires that all who have become disciples through repentance and faith in Christ as Saviour and Lord are to be baptised in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Baptism is by immersion in water and is for believers only.

     

    The ordinance of baptism is an act of obedience; a symbol of the Christian’s identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection; a declaration that the believer has died with Christ and has been raised with Him to walk in the newness of life; a public confession of the new believer’s faith in Christ; and the answer of a good conscience toward God.

  • COMMUNION

    COMMUNION

    Communion is the regular partaking of the emblems of the bread and the cup as symbolic of the Saviour’s broken body and shed blood. In following this ordinance believers are remembering the Lord Jesus; proclaiming His death; giving thanks for the benefits of His broken body and shed blood; expressing their communion with Him and one another; celebrating His resurrection; and anticipating His return.

  • THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

    THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

    The new birth is the work of regeneration that the Holy Spirit executes, by which He then indwells the believer. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experience distinct and subsequent to the new birth.

    Jesus baptises in the Holy Spirit and according to His command all believers are entitled to and should expect the Promise of the Father – the baptism in the Holy Spirit. This was the normal and needful experience of Christians in the Church of the early days.

    Through the baptism in the Holy Spirit believers are empowered and equipped for life and service; and with it comes the bestowment of the supernatural gifts of the Spirit and their uses in the work of the ministry.

  • SANCTIFICATION

    SANCTIFICATION

    The Scriptures demand a life of holiness. Believers are called to separation and consecration unto God.

     

    Christ’s holiness is imputed to the regenerated believer, but this positional holiness must be worked out as practical sanctification in the believer’s conduct. Sanctification is a definite, yet progressive work of grace, commencing at the new birth and continuing throughout the life of the Christian.

     

    Sanctification is an act of purification and separation from that which is evil; and of dedication unto God.

  • DIVINE HEALING AND MIRACLES

    DIVINE HEALING AND MIRACLES

    Divine healing was provided for in the Old Testament and is an integral part of the Gospel. The New Testament declares that through Christ’s redemptive work, full provision has been made for physical healing and health. It is the privilege of believers today.

     

    Healing is for physical ills of the human body and is wrought by God’s power in different ways, like the laying on of hands; the prayer of faith; anointing with oil; or the gifts of healing.

  • THE CHURCH

    THE CHURCH

    The one true Church is the whole company of all believers who have been called out of sin and the world, redeemed by Jesus and regenerated by the Holy Spirit. It is universal in the sense that it includes all true believers out of all nations from all generations. Each Christian is an integral part of the general assembly and Church of the firstborn registered in heaven.

     

    Jesus Christ is the Head of the church and the Bible describes it in different terms, for example, the Body of Christ, His bride, the family of God, the building of God and habitation of God.

  • CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND RESTORATION

    CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND RESTORATION

    Members of this local church are those who freely and voluntarily subscribe to the basic principles set out in this Statement of Faith, understanding and consenting to the fact that should they violate such principles, they may be required by the leadership of the local church to either accept the leadership’s counsel and discipline or to forfeit their membership. The leadership of the local church has the authority from the Scriptures to withdraw the membership of any member for serious, unrepentant misconduct or similar cause.

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