Dutch Reformed Church, Calvinia

The Dutch Reformed Church in Calvinia is a church building of the Dutch Reformed Church in Calvinia, South Africa[1] built in 1899 and declared a National Memorial in 1982.[2] The neo-Gothic building in the village named after Calvin is on the corner of Malan and De Villiers streets.[3]

The community's first church was built in 1849. Two years later, a parsonage was built for the first pastor, Rev. Hofmeyr, who served for 99 years.[4]

Ministers

  • Prof. N.J. Hofmeyr, 1851–1858
  • Johannes Christoffel Truter, 1889–1896
  • Marthinus Smuts Daneel, 1898–1906
  • Murray Jooste, 1908–1932
  • Cornelis Muller, 1932–1950 (accepts his emeritus)
  • Pieter Jacobus Conradie, 1940–1941 (assistant preacher)
  • Jacobus Claassen, 1945–1946
  • Willem Carel van der Merwe, 1947–1950
  • Albertus Wynand Christoffel Bester, 1971–1974
  • Roy Cecil Thorne, 2007–6 December 2015
  • Maryke van Niekerk, 2016–present
  • Edward Archer, 2016–September 2017 (from 2005 to incorporation in 2016 Calvinia-Hantam; resigned)

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20151011170843/http://home.intekom.com/oli4s/Stadshuis.htm Die verhaal van die ou Stadshuis
  2. ^ (in English) Besonderhede oor die kerkgebou op die webtuiste Artefacts.co.za
  3. ^ (in English) Die kerkgebou, soos te sien op Google Maps
  4. ^ Sahra.org.za[permanent dead link‍]

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