ALL ABOUT 3C
What does 3C stand for?
Community, Character and Courage.
Pastor Bert Pretorius, with his wife Charné are the founding pastors of 3C Church – a dynamic, multi-racial, multi-site, vibrant and fast-growing church with over 30,000 members in the City of Tshwane, South Africa. The ministry has since expanded into multiple cities, including the USA.
Pastors Bert and Charné are also the founders of the Mahlasedi Foundation, spearheading many welfare and social development projects. These include specialist areas like Disaster Relief Food Distribution, wherein the last two years over R240million worth of food was distributed, equating to 60 million meals, feeding over 600,000 people from every province in South Africa. Other specialist areas include education; crime prevention (including Gender-Based Violence); the empowerment and development and care of women and children; small business development including agriculture; youth development.
Pastor Bert is also the founder of SACOFF (South African Community of Faith-Based Fraternals and Federations). As of date SACOFF has 216 registered members representing 15,459 churches. SACOFF is a vehicle from the religious community working to address the social needs of our society, touching every geographical community in South Africa.
Pastor Bert serves on the following Boards/Councils:
3C Church/Ministries: Senior Pastor and Chairman
Full Gospel Church of God, Alberton North, Senior Pastor and Chairman
Rhema Family of Churches Executive Board
International G12 Movement
Mahlasedi Foundation, Chairman
National Religious Leaders Council (a national interfaith council that provides advisory services to the government)
Steering Committee for the Religious Sector's Advisory to the CRL Commission
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Bert and Charné have three sons, all of whom have married: Pearson and Blessing, Damian and Robyn, and Tristan and Euphracia. Caitlyn, Jordan, and Madison are the pastors' three daughters.
LEAD PASTORS
Pastors Mike and Paula Rittenhouse
Pastors Mike and Paula Rittenhouse are the lead pastors for the USA campuses. Every weekend at 3C USA, you'll find passionate worship combined with a life-challenging message. Most importantly, you will feel God's presence and desire to change the world. Mike and Paula Rittenhouse have three children. Justin, their eldest child, is married to Jessica, and they have four children. Justin and Jessica are the Dulles Campus Pastors. Pastor Jared, their middle son, and his wife Alexa have three children. Jared and Alexa are the Delmar Campus pastors. Michaela, their youngest child, is married to Jordan Mohammadioun, and they have four daughters. Jordan and Michaela are the Bethany Campus Pastors.
Meet the USA Team