Dutch Reformed Church, Colesberg
The Dutch Reformed Church in Colesberg, with the Northern Cape town of Colesberg as its centre,[1] is the 18th oldest congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa, but due to the synodal boundaries that differ from the provincial ones,[2] the fifth oldest in the Synod of Eastern Cape.[3] On 10 December 2011,[4] the congregation was already 185 years old.[5] In 2015, the congregation had 90 baptized and 458 professing members.[6]
Ministers
- Thomas Reid, 1836–1854 (emeritus; died on 28 February 1863)
- Servaas Hofmeyr, 1857–1860
- Anton Daniël Lückhoff, 1861–1875
- W.A. Alheit, 1875–1888
- Gustav Adolph Scholtz, 1889–1908 (emeritus; died on 16 September 1925)
- Gideon Joshua Hugo, 1909–1915
- Hendrik Adriaan Lamprecht, 1915–1928 (emeritus; died on 11 April 1932)
- Wouter Frans Van Wyk de Vos, 1929–1935
- Petrus Johannes Loots, 1935–1939
- Andries Petrus du Preez, 1939–1951 (field preacher)
- Louis Jacobus Heyns, 1940–1946
- Michiel Hendrik Visser, 1946–1953 (from 1960 to 1964 pastor of Moorreesburg)
- Frederick Johan Bessinger, 1948–1952 (possibly mission church; source unclear)
- Willem Johannes du Toit, 1954–1959 (from 1949 to 1954 pastor of Moorreesburg)
- Jan Frederik Viljoen, 1959–1965
- Willem Jacobus le Roux, 1965–1971 (from 1954 to 1959 pastor of Moorreesburg)
- Jacob Nicolaas (Japie) Taljaard, 1987–present
References
- ↑ Krüger, prof. D.W. 1976. Suid-Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek. Pretoria: Nasionale Raad vir Sosiale Navorsing, Departement van Hoër Onderwys.
- ↑ Maeder, ds. G.A. en Zinn, Christian. 1917. Ons Kerk Album. Kaapstad: Ons Kerk Album Maatschappij Bpkt.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pages/NG-Kerk-Colesberg/157997230908897 NG kerk Colesberg se Facebook-groep
- ↑ http://www.southafrica-travel.net/kalahari/e_colesberg.htm Intligting en foto's van dorp
- ↑ http://www.ngkok.co.za/NGKOK/Gemeentes-OK-2010.pdf Besonderhede op webwerf van Sinode Oos-Kaapland
- ↑ Olivier, ds. P.L., 1952. Ons gemeentelike feesalbum. Kaapstad en Pretoria: N.G. Kerk-uitgewers.