Английская Википедия:Burgersdorp Reformed Church (GKSA)

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The Burgersdorp Reformed Church is the oldest congregation of the Reformed Churches in South Africa, formerly the Cape Province. It was founded on 21 January 1860,[1] about 11 months after the Church's foundation in Rustenburg on 11 February 1859.[2]

Burgersdorp was for decades the largest Reformed church in the Cape Colony and because the town housed the Church's Theological School from 1869 to the end of 1904, also the most important. In 1872, when there were only 10 congregations in the Boer Republic and seven in the Colony, Burgersdorp had a membership of 989, compared to Reddersburg in the Orange Free State's 714. For that year no Transvaal church has statistics to the Almanac not sent in. Of the nine congregations that did provide statistics, Middelburg, Cape was the third largest with 537 members and Colesberg fourth with 225 members. In the course of 1872, the other congregation in the Colony which was destined to play a major role thanks to its involvement in Reformed and Christian national education, Steynsburg, was separated from Burgersdorp.[3]

Twenty years later, in the Almanac of 1892, Burgersdorp had 1,769 souls and 777 members (first in the Colony) and Steynsburg 840 and 417 (third after Middelburg).[4] The largest Transvaal church in that year was Rustenburg with 2,245 souls and 988 members and the largest in the Free State Reddersburg with 1,284 and 575 respectively.[5] The move of the Theological School to Potchefstroom at the beginning of 1905 had only a minor effect on the Burgersdorp congregation,[6] because in the Almanac of 1907 this church's number of souls is still given as 1,221 and its membership as 671, compared to Potchefstroom's 1,175 and 570 respectively. In the course of the 20th century, the urbanization of members reduced Burgersdorp's soul count to 729 in 1931 and its membership to 460, and in 1960 to 686 and 481 respectively. In 1998 it was 290 and 210 and in 2002 229 and 170. In the meantime, a university, the PU for CHO, developed from the Theological School in Potchefstroom and over time this town became one of the largest Reformed centres. The congregations on the town's population increased from 1,811 in 1960 to 3,322 in 1998, decreased to 3,049 in 2002 and further to 2,945 in 2015.

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Sources

  • Шаблон:In lang Jooste, prof. dr. J.P. 1960. "Oorsig van die geskiedenis van die Gereformeerde Kerk Burgersdorp". In: Die Gereformeerde Kerk, Burgersdorp. Gedenkalbum by geleentheid van die Eeufees 22-24 Januarie 1960. Burgersdorp: Kerkraad van die Gereformeerde kerk.
  • Шаблон:In lang Maeder, ds. G.A. en Zinn, Christian. 1917. Ons Kerk Album. Kaapstad: Ons Kerk Album Maatschappij Bpkt.
  • Шаблон:In lang Spoelstra, dr. B. 1973. Beknopte kerkgeskiedenis vir katkisasie. Potchefstroom: Pro Rege.
  • Шаблон:In lang Venter, ds. A.A. 1958. Almanak van die Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afrika vir die jaar 1959. Potchefstroom: Administratiewe Buro.
  • Шаблон:In lang Van der Vyver, dr. G.C.P. (voorsitter: gedenkboekredaksie). 1959. Die Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afrika 1859–1959. Potchefstroom: Deputaatskap vir die Eeufees.
  • Шаблон:In lang Visagie, J.D. 1988. Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk Wolmaransstad 1888–1988. Wolmaransstad: NG Kerkraad.

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  1. Шаблон:In lang Venter, ds. A.A. 1958. Almanak van die Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afrika vir die jaar 1959. Potchefstroom: Administratiewe Buro.
  2. Шаблон:In lang Statevertaling. URL besoek op 23 Januarie 2015.
  3. Шаблон:In lang Spoelstra, dr. B. 1973. Beknopte kerkgeskiedenis vir katkisasie. Potchefstroom: Pro Rege.
  4. Шаблон:In lang Klein dood in die Dopperkerk Die skrywer Eben Venter se herinneringe aan sy kinderdae in die kerkШаблон:Dead link, Beeld, 15 Oktober 2009. URL besoek op 23 Januarie 2015.
  5. Шаблон:In lang 'n Skildery van die kerkmonument op die plaas Roosterhoek waar die gemeente gestig is. URL besoek op 25 Januarie 2015.
  6. Шаблон:In lang 'n Artikel in Die Kerkblad van Junie 2010 oor die 150-jarige bestaan van die gemeente. URL besoek op 25 Januarie 2015.