President
Pastor George Mahlobo was born on the 22nd of April 1954 in Vukuzakhe (Volksrust) in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He is the first-born child to the late Eslinah and the late Elliot Mahlobo. His siblings are two sisters, Gabi and Thabile and the other two (a brother and a sister) who are late. He is married to Jacobeth Mabele Mahlobo (Mapohosha) on the 14th of July 1978.
He attended primary school at Vukuzakhe (Volksrust) and high school at Seme Secondary School in Daggakraal near Amersfoort and at the Vryheid High School in Bhekuzulu near Vryheid. He obtained his diploma in theology from the Central Bible College in 1978 and his Bachelor of Theology degree from the University of Pretoria in 1984.
He was licensed as pastor on March 11, 1978 and was subsequently ordained on March 31, 1979. He served as an ordained AFM of SA (AFM) pastor since 1979 at the following AFM congregations: Machadodorp (1978-1980), Mabopane (1980-1985), Phuthaditjhaba (1985-1999); Doxa Deo Inner City Campus as part of the Ministry team (1999-2004) and at the Hilltop Restoration Centre in Soshanguve since 2004 to date.
He served as the principal of the AFM of SA Theological Institute (1994-1996).
Ministry portfolios within the AFM of SA in which he also served are:
National Youth Leader (1980-1988), Secretary of the Committee for Unity (1986-1988), Secretary of the Presbytery (1988-1990), Secretary of the AFM Liaison Committee (1990-1996); General Secretary of the former AFM African Section (1988-1990), General Secretary of the AFM Composite Division (1990-1996), the General Secretary of the AFM of SA (1996 to 2016), Secretary of the AFM International since 2013 to date and President of the AFM of SA from 2016 to date.
Other portfolios outside the AFM of SA in which he served: He serves as the Director at Impact Community Radio station. He is the representative of the AFM of SA at the Johannesburg Regional Board of the South African Bible Society. He is also serving as a member of the Security Services Christian Advisory Board which is a body that deals with policy framework of Chaplaincies in the Department of Correctional Services, South African National Defence Force and the South African Police Services.
From 2013 to 2017 he served as the co-Chair of the Empowered21 Southern Africa sub-Region. He is serving as a member of the World Pentecostal Fellowship Advisory Committee since 2016 to date.
His ministry has taken him to the five Continents of the world and to multiple countries. He keeps himself informed through current media news from the press, TV and internet. His hobbies include Traditional and Christian Gospel Music. He enjoys watching soccer. He has a particular interest in wild game. It is for this reason that he frequently visits game reserves in South Africa and outside.