The Hopefield Reformed Church is a congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the South African province of Western Cape. The center of gravity of the parish is the Sandveld town of Hopefield.[1] It separated from the Swartland Reformed Church on 13 December 1851 as the 48th congregation in the then Cape Church. In 1902 Vredenburg seceded from Hopefield, in 1957 Saldanha/Langebaan Road and in 1988 Langebaan.[2]

Ministers

  • Johannes Henoch Neethling, 1854–1904, died 10 January 1917 at Hopefield
  • Johan George Steytler, 1905–1912
  • Philippus Albertus Myburgh Brink, 1913–1927
  • Christoph Wilhelm Alheit, 1927–1941 (emeritus)
  • Andries van der Merwe, 1941–1943
  • Johannes Lafras Fourie, 1943–?
  • Abraham Jacobus Beukes, 1958–1964
  • Jacobus Andries Johannes Kriek, 1964–1969 (Navy Chaplain, Langebaan)
  • Lovell Donald Douglas Emslie, 1970–1975
  • Gerhard Petrus Stoffberg, 1976–1984
  • Steyn Eugene Dippenaar, 1984–2005

References

  1. ↑ (in Afrikaans) 'n Ondersoek na die bewarenswaardigheid van die Kaaps-Hollandse herlewingstyl-geboue in George. URL besoek op 15 Desember 2014.
  2. ↑ NG Kerk Hopefield. URL last visited on 26 June 2016.

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