Waaihoek se N.G. sendinggemeente in Bloemfontein: 1891-1903
This article considers the early history of a unique Dutch Reformed mission congregation in the capital of the Free State Republic. Members, especially elder John Fraser of the local “Tweetoringkerk”, initiated the establishment of a separate mission congregation in Waaihoek, at that time the non-...
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This article considers the early history of a unique Dutch Reformed mission congregation in the capital of the Free State Republic. Members, especially elder John Fraser of the local “Tweetoringkerk”, initiated the establishment of a separate mission congregation in Waaihoek, at that time the non-white residential area of Bloemfontein. In terms of the Ecclesiastical Laws of the Dutch Reformed Church of the Orange Free State, this church was founded in 1891. In 1895, the Waaihoek church, which was related to the (white) Dutch Reformed congregation of Bloemfontein, obtained a religious teacher, who was eventually ordained as missionary in 1897. Tension grew within the congregation because of the influx of black Basotho people who neither understood Dutch nor had the culture of the initial “Coloured” (brown) members. Consequently, the services and the administration of the sacraments (both Baptism and Holy Communion) were held separately. The congregation experienced the Anglo-Boer War in its own way. Their perspective on the War differed from that of those belonging to the white congregation. The Waaihoek congregation had to contend with a neighbouring concentration camp for black people. Ultimately it survived the war.
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| spelling | doaj-art-737cc3e8b1b54ff6a275543454ec22452025-02-11T12:35:26ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892002-12-0122210.38140/at.v22i2.1553Waaihoek se N.G. sendinggemeente in Bloemfontein: 1891-1903R. M. Britz0University of the Free State This article considers the early history of a unique Dutch Reformed mission congregation in the capital of the Free State Republic. Members, especially elder John Fraser of the local “Tweetoringkerk”, initiated the establishment of a separate mission congregation in Waaihoek, at that time the non-white residential area of Bloemfontein. In terms of the Ecclesiastical Laws of the Dutch Reformed Church of the Orange Free State, this church was founded in 1891. In 1895, the Waaihoek church, which was related to the (white) Dutch Reformed congregation of Bloemfontein, obtained a religious teacher, who was eventually ordained as missionary in 1897. Tension grew within the congregation because of the influx of black Basotho people who neither understood Dutch nor had the culture of the initial “Coloured” (brown) members. Consequently, the services and the administration of the sacraments (both Baptism and Holy Communion) were held separately. The congregation experienced the Anglo-Boer War in its own way. Their perspective on the War differed from that of those belonging to the white congregation. The Waaihoek congregation had to contend with a neighbouring concentration camp for black people. Ultimately it survived the war. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/1553Anglo-Boereoorlog en die kerkNG SendingkerkNG Kerk in AfrikaBloemfonteinWaaihoekSuid-Afrikaanse kerkgeskiedenis |
| spellingShingle | R. M. Britz Waaihoek se N.G. sendinggemeente in Bloemfontein: 1891-1903 Acta Theologica Anglo-Boereoorlog en die kerk NG Sendingkerk NG Kerk in Afrika Bloemfontein Waaihoek Suid-Afrikaanse kerkgeskiedenis |
| title | Waaihoek se N.G. sendinggemeente in Bloemfontein: 1891-1903 |
| title_full | Waaihoek se N.G. sendinggemeente in Bloemfontein: 1891-1903 |
| title_fullStr | Waaihoek se N.G. sendinggemeente in Bloemfontein: 1891-1903 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Waaihoek se N.G. sendinggemeente in Bloemfontein: 1891-1903 |
| title_short | Waaihoek se N.G. sendinggemeente in Bloemfontein: 1891-1903 |
| title_sort | waaihoek se n g sendinggemeente in bloemfontein 1891 1903 |
| topic | Anglo-Boereoorlog en die kerk NG Sendingkerk NG Kerk in Afrika Bloemfontein Waaihoek Suid-Afrikaanse kerkgeskiedenis |
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