My name is Ann Catherine Lee, and for the past two years I’ve had the honor of serving as a Church Planter and Worship Leader at Maranatha Church in South Nashville, Tennessee!

I have fallen in love with church planting and in the fall of 2024, I heard the call from God to go to Johannesburg, South Africa and pioneer a prayer room and music school in the heart of the city. With a lot of expectation, I got on a plane this year and spent January to March in Johannesburg connecting with local church leaders and ministries, discerning with the Lord what He has for me there.

Through many divine appointments, I got connected with a local church body, Vida Church and will be serving alongside them in pioneering their church’s prayer room during my first few months, before starting a prayer room and music school downtown. The location for the prayer room downtown sits right between two of the major universities, and I am praying it will be a beautiful place where people from all different backgrounds can come together, grow in their musical giftings and minister to the Lord.

I also have the honor of joining the 24/7 Prayer South Africa team, in mobilizing prayer movements in churches, schools and gatherings across the country! If you want to learn more about 24/7 and their expression in South Africa, you can find it here.

If you want to learn more about how God led me and continues to lead me in Johannesburg, you can read stories here of my time there this year: Story 1 and Story 2.

A.C.