Ray McCauley

==Ministry==
McCauley attended bible college with his first wife Lyndie at [[Rhema Bible Training Center]] in [[Broken Arrow, Oklahoma]] during 1978/9. On their return to South Africa the McCauleys started Rhema Bible Church under Rhema Ministries SA in the home of his parents, Jimmy and Doreen, which 13 people attended. Membership grew and the church moved into the former Constantia Cinema in [[Rosebank, Gauteng|Rosebank, Johannesburg]]. Under the leadership of Ray and Lyndie McCauley, the church outgrew its premises and moved to a warehouse in Jan Smuts Avenue in [[Randburg]], near Johannesburg before moving to its current premises. In 1985 the church moved into the newly constructed 5,000 seater auditorium in [[Randburg]]. The new church was dedicated on 16 June 1985 by Dr Kenneth E Hagin, the late founder of Rhema Ministries in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The auditorium was later upgraded to more than 7,500 seats to accommodate the growth of the church. Today the church has a 45,000 strong congregation, which is the single largest church congregation in southern Africa.<ref name=IFCC /><ref name=Howden />

Towards the end of the apartheid era, McCauley and his associates were involved in numerous critical events that helped with the peaceful transition to a democratic nation in 1994. During this time he interacted with leading churchmen like Archbishop Emeritus [[Desmond Tutu]] and Reverend [[Frank Chikane]].<ref name=IFCC /><ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Overview of Pentecostalism in South Africa |url=http://www.pewforum.org/Christian/Evangelical-Protestant-Churches/Historical-Overview-of-Pentecostalism-in-South-Africa.aspx | date=5 October 2006 |publisher=pewforum.org |accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref>

McCauley is a well-known speaker at church events around the world.