From three congregations to one autonomous church: The Swaziland Reformed Church

This article covers the time from 1985 to 1992 in the history of the Swaziland Reformed Church (SRC). In 1985, for the first time in its existence, the SRC had four missionaries working in the four districts of the country. At this stage the SRC formed a presbytery within the synodical region of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA) of Northern Transvaal. In 1989 – at its own request – this church became a regional synod within the DRCA. However, not long thereafter, in 1992, it was forced to become an independent Reformed church, even though it still remained part of the family of Dutch... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Arnau van Wyngaard
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Reihe/Periodikum: HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, Vol 74, Iss 1, Pp e1-e8 (2018)
Verlag/Hrsg.: AOSIS
Schlagwörter: Swaziland / Swaziland Reformed Church / mission / Dutch Reformed Church in Africa / Uniting Reformed Church / The Bible / BS1-2970 / Practical Theology / BV1-5099
Sprache: Afrikaans
Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v74i1.4922

This article covers the time from 1985 to 1992 in the history of the Swaziland Reformed Church (SRC). In 1985, for the first time in its existence, the SRC had four missionaries working in the four districts of the country. At this stage the SRC formed a presbytery within the synodical region of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA) of Northern Transvaal. In 1989 – at its own request – this church became a regional synod within the DRCA. However, not long thereafter, in 1992, it was forced to become an independent Reformed church, even though it still remained part of the family of Dutch Reformed churches. Making use of original documents, this article records this history of the SRC.