Beaufort West Reformed Church

The Beaufort West Reformed Church is a church in South Africa, founded on 16 May 1820.[1] It is the ninth oldest congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Synod of Western and Southern Cape and the 12th oldest in the entire Church.[2]

View of the church building

From Beaufort West, six daughter congregations seceded: Prince Albert (1842), Victoria West (1843), Fraserburg (1851), Carnarvon (1874), and Gamka Valley and Gamka-Oos on Beaufort-West itself (1949).[3]

Background

The first migrant farmers moved into the Koup and the Nuweveld in 1760, with the first farms laid out in the district of Beaufort West.[4] The same year, the Hooyvlakte in de Carro farm[5] was established, on which the town would later be laid out upon. The region remained extremely sparsely populated for many years.[6]

By the end of the 18th century, some farmers already had livestock farms far north of the Nuweveld Mountains. Thus, the foundation was laid for the later parish, town and district of Beaufort-Wes and the parishes that were separated from the old mother parish over time.[7]

Ministers

The following have been ministers of the church:

  1. John Taylor, 1818–1824
  2. Colin Fraser, 1825–1862
  3. Albert Zinn, 1864 – November 15 1866 (died in office)
  4. Willem Petrus de Villiers, 1868–1875 (after which first pastor of Carnarvon Reformed Church until retirement in 1904)
  5. Louis Hugo, 1876–1896
  6. Pieter van der Merwe, 1896–1904
  7. Gen. Paul Roux, 1905 – 8 June 1911 (died in office)
  8. J.G. Steytler, 1912–1920
  9. Johannes Rabie, 1921–1942
  10. André Francois Malan, 1941–1944
  11. Daniel Van Niekerk Theron, 1943–1944
  12. Jan Christoffel du Plessis, 1945–1951
  13. Lodewyk Petrus Spies, 1945–1948 (after which first pastor of Herman Steyn Reformed Church on Vereeniging)
  14. Jacob Andries Cornelius Weidemann, 1947–1949 (until 1958 first pastor of Gamka Valley)
  15. David Frederik van der Merwe, 1951–1961
  16. Johannes Jacobus van As, 1962–1968
  17. Charles Cumpries Bond, 1968–1972
  18. Daniel Nicolaas van Zyl, 1970–1974
  19. Bennie Meyer, 6 October 1972–1976
  20. Adriaan Albertus (Riaan) Terblanche, 1980–1998
  21. Japie van Straaten, 1998 – present

References
  1. NG Sinode Noord-Kaapland se gemeenteblaaie
  2. "Die geskiedenis van NG gemeente Berea". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  3. "Dr. Christiaan Barnard en die pastoriemuseum". Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. "Die geskiedenis van NG gemeente Durban". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. "Die geskiedenis van die NG gemeente Berea". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  6. "Dr. Christiaan Barnard en die pastoriemuseum". Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  7. "Christian Barnard Museum". SA-V. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
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