Leadership
Elders. In accordance with what we read in the New Testament, River of Life Church is led by a team of Elders; men who take ultimate responsibility under Christ for guarding, guiding and governing the church.
Staff Team. River of Life is also served by a wonderful team of men and women who work alongside the Elders helping them by running and coordinating various aspects of church life.
All Believers. Beyond the staff team, the church is served by many leaders and contributors on a volunteer basis taking care of specific areas of responsibility and activity in the church.
Scott and Claire Marques
Scott is the Lead Elder, with responsibility for the vision and direction of the church. Scott is married to Claire, and they have two children (Kimberley married to Joel, and Stephen to Shan), and 3 grandchildren. Scott is a director of New Horizons chicken company in Moçambique, and leads one of the Newfrontiers groups of churches, called Disciple Nations (DNa).
Muss & Natsi Maramwidze
Muss is the Eastlea Site Leader and is also involved in serving churches widely within Disciple Nations as well as working with the Next Generation of Leaders. Muss is married to Natsi, who is the Executive Pastor at ROL. They have three children – Munesu, Nina and Mudiwa.
Andrew and Samara Ellis
Andrew is the GP Site Leader and the Host Team Leader of the GP morning meeting. Andrew is married to Samara and they have three grown children – Ceanna, Asher and Toby. Andrew serves churches and ministries in Harare and beyond facilitating leadership strengthening, counselling and camps.
Dave and Helen Hobbs
Dave is the Communications Director and oversees the media team as well as other projects in the operations world of the church. Dave is married to Helen, who is ROL’s children’s pastor, and they have two grown daughters – Emily and Jessica.
Danny and Sherrie Hillman
Danny is a host team member at Eastlea morning services with particular leadership responsibility at the 10:30 service. Danny and his wife Sherrie oversee life groups at ROL and have a passion for evangelism. They have two children – Jayden and Skye
Unity and Stella Sakhe
Unity is married to Stella and they have two teenage children – Thabo and Tadala. He is a host team member at the Eastlea morning meeting and serves in the men’s and children’s ministries. Unity is also a partner at Kantor and Immerman Legal Practitioners
Barry and Wendy Rawlings
Barry is the Host Team leader at the Eastlea early morning meeting and is married to Wendy. Barry leads various sub-Saharan businesses in the hospitality and education space. The Rawlings have three sons – James, Christopher and Timothy.
Blessing and Josie Wazara
Blessing and Josie serve at the Eastlea morning service. They have three children: Sara, Misi, and Benji. Blessing is involved in the Rock and Men’s Ministry, while Josie serves with the Rockets, Marriage Ministry and Women’s Ministry.
Jacob and Terumi Ngandu
At his core, Jacob loves God and people and to serve them both. He is wholeheartedly devoted to his wife, Terumi, his daughters – Keira and Aira. His passion is strategy development, with a strong emphasis on cultivating purpose-driven leaders, especially among the next generation, within families, the church, and the marketplace. He truly believes that the church is the hope of all the world!
Daniel Hulley
Dan serves at the GP morning meeting and works as a coach and senior master at Gateway Primary School. His purpose and passion is discipleship and raising the next generation of leaders to be better. “Discipleship is taking intentional and consistent time to teach people and model how to live like and for Christ” – his platform for this is sports & education.
Leon and Charlie Rademeyer
Leon is based at the ROL GP site and has faithfully served in the band ministry for many years across both locations. He continues to assist in this ministry. Leon is married to Charlie, and together they have two children, Ella and Levi. Professionally, Leon serves as the Deputy Headmaster at St John’s Preparatory School for Boys.
Kumbirai and Clary Dhliwayo
Kumbi is a host team member at the Eastlea 10:30 meeting and significantly involved in next generation leadership development as well as curbing substance abuse. Kumbirai is married to Clary and they have a daughter – Zerahiah Waishe Dhliwayo