Across the bridge: Polokwane Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa from dependency to autonomy
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Authors
Kgatla, Selaelo Thias
Saayman, Willem
Issue Date
2013-12
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Article
Language
en
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United Reformed Church , Polokwane
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Abstract
The authors analyse and discuss the history of an important “Dutch Reformed Mission Church”
congregation since its inauguration under the first DRC “foreign” missionary, Stephanus
Hofmeyr, in the late nineteenth century until today. They argue that it was a typical “mission
church” congregation, suffering under white paternalistic authority and developing the typical
'dependency syndrome'. It changed drastically in the era after 1994 and today the congregation has
developed full autonomy and independence; also in financial terms. The authors see this as one of
two possible models for church formation in the DRC in a democratic South Africa.
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Peer reviewed
Citation
Kgatla, Selaelo Thias & Saayman, Willem 2013, "Across the bridge: Polokwane Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa from dependency to autonomy", Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. 39, no. 2, pp 223-235.
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Church History Society of Southern Africa
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1017-0499