The Dutch Reformed Church in Bredasdorp is the 23rd existing congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church. Along the coast between Cape Town and George it is the third oldest parish, after Swellendam (1798) and Caledon (1811), and only about a month older than Riversdale, which was founded in April 1839.https://www.bredasdorpgemeente.org
The NG Mission Church was formed in the late 1800s, though only white members were allowed to attend. Maeder, ds. G.A. en Zinn, Christian. 1917. Ons Kerk Album. Kaapstad: Ons Kerk Album Maatschappij Bpkt. The Associate Reformed Church was established at the same location in 1914. Olivier, ds. P.L. (samesteller), 1952. Ons gemeentelike feesalbum. Kaapstad en Pretoria: N.G. Kerk-uitgewers. The two churches remained separate until 20 May 2018.
Ministers Johannes Jacobus Brink, 1839 – 1861 Charles Marais, 1862 – 1890 Benjamin Duminy, 1891 – 1897 Johan Augustinus Koch, 1898 – 1903 Daniel Jozua Viljoen, 1904 – 1934 Johannes Zacharias Eloff, 1934 – 1946 Christoffel Hermanus Latsky, 1943 – 1948 Jacobus Johannes Christiaan Struwig, 1944 – 1948 Frederic John Berning Malan, 1947 – 1960 Pieter Jacobus Raubenheimer, 1949 – 191 W. W. Greeff, 1951–? Frederik Johannes Conradie, 1953 – 1956 Hendrik Christoffel van den Berg, 1959 – 1966 Tobias Johannes de Clercq, 1962 – 1964 Barend Pieter van Zyl, 1964 – 1968 Jan Michael Ackerman, 1965 – 1966 Stephanus Botes, 1967 – 1970 Hermanus Jacobus Strydom, 1994 – 1997 Abraham Johannes Coetzee, 2003 – present Johannes Willem De Wet, 2004 – 2011 Maryke Maria Venter, 2016 – 2020 (pln) Jaco Botha, 2019 – 2022 Karlie Liebenberg, 2021 - 2025 (Partnership with URCSA) Pieter Nel, 2023 - present
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