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.

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[1] Krüger, prof. D.W. 1976. Suid-Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek. Pretoria: Nasionale Raad vir Sosiale Navorsing, Departement van Hoër Onderwys.

[2] Maeder, ds. G.A. en Zinn, Christian. 1917. Ons Kerk Album. Kaapstad: Ons Kerk Album Maatschappij Bpkt.

[3] ttps://www.facebook.com/pages/NG-Kerk-Colesberg/157997230908897 NG kerk Colesberg se Facebook-groep

[4] ttp://www.southafrica-travel.net/kalahari/e_colesberg.htm Intligting en foto's van dorp

[5] ttp://www.ngkok.co.za/NGKOK/Gemeentes-OK-2010.pdf Besonderhede op webwerf van Sinode Oos-Kaapland

[6] Olivier, ds. P.L., 1952. Ons gemeentelike feesalbum. Kaapstad en Pretoria: N.G. Kerk-uitgewers.