Hopefield Reformed Church

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]^{[clarification needed]}

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

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

[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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