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Church Verification Report

Reference FN-VET-0839-20261108  ·  Review date 2026-11-08
This document records the verification of
Disciples International
Durban, South Africa · listed since 2026-11-08
Provisionally listed

What we checked

  • Not a duplicate: no similarly named church is listed with us
  • The name resembles a personal name or title; weighed in the review
  • Contact email reviewed (gmail.com, common for small churches)
  • No website or social page was provided
  • Independent web search performed: see the findings on the right

What we found

We searched for a congregation called "Disciples International" in Durban and found no website, social media page, directory entry, news mention or denominational listing matching that exact name in that city. The closest results are clearly different organisations: a US congregation in Maine, Disciples International Christian Church, planted in Portland, Maine in May 2010, a training ministry called Discipleship International, "Making disciples since 1994", and separately named Durban groups such as Disciples Fellowship Centre, a Durban-based church on Facebook and Commissioned Disciples Christian Place in Ntshongweni, Durban, none of which use the submitted name. We found no scam reports, fraud warnings or complaints against this name, so there are no negative signals either. The free Gmail contact address gives no independent confirmation, though small Durban township congregations often have no online presence at all.

Search conclusion: no evidence found. An independent web search is part of every review; an online page alone does not prove a congregation exists.
5/10SCORE
7–10 Verified
4–6 Provisionally listed, information requested
1–3 Not verified

Our conclusion: No website or social media page was provided, and an independent search found no listing, directory entry or news mention for a congregation called "Disciples International" in Durban, only similarly named but clearly different groups in the United States and other Durban churches with different names. Nothing negative came up either: there are no complaints or scam reports, the Bible verse given fits a preaching ministry, and small township cong

We have asked this church for one piece of extra evidence: a photo, a link, its denomination, or a church that can vouch for it. The moment we can verify, this report is upgraded. Without a response, the listing is paused after 14 days.

Faith.network reviews church signups in good faith, using automated checks of publicly available information at the review date shown above. We have not visited this congregation in person; that this church exists therefore remains an assumption supported by the evidence above, not an established fact. Errors are possible, and no rights of any kind can be derived from this document. © Faith.network