The Dutch Reformed Church in Colesberg, with the Northern Cape town of Colesberg as its centre,Krüger, prof. D.W. 1976. Suid-Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek. Pretoria: Nasionale Raad vir Sosiale Navorsing, Departement van Hoër Onderwys. is the 18th oldest congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa, but due to the synodal boundaries that differ from the provincial ones,Maeder, ds. G.A. en Zinn, Christian. 1917. Ons Kerk Album. Kaapstad: Ons Kerk Album Maatschappij Bpkt. the fifth oldest in the Synod of Eastern Cape.https://www.facebook.com/pages/NG-Kerk-Colesberg/157997230908897 NG kerk Colesberg se Facebook-groep On 10 December 2011,http://www.southafrica-travel.net/kalahari/e_colesberg.htm Intligting en foto's van dorp the congregation was already 185 years old.http://www.ngkok.co.za/NGKOK/Gemeentes-OK-2010.pdf Besonderhede op webwerf van Sinode Oos-Kaapland In 2015, the congregation had 90 baptized and 458 professing members.Olivier, ds. P.L., 1952. Ons gemeentelike feesalbum. Kaapstad en Pretoria: N.G. Kerk-uitgewers.
Ministers Thomas Reid, 1836–1854 (emeritus; died on 28 February 1863) Servaas Hofmeyr, 1857–1860 Anton Daniël Lückhoff, 1861–1875 W.A. Alheit, 1875–1888 Gustav Adolph Scholtz, 1889–1908 (emeritus; died on 16 September 1925) Gideon Joshua Hugo, 1909–1915 Hendrik Adriaan Lamprecht, 1915–1928 (emeritus; died on 11 April 1932) Wouter Frans Van Wyk de Vos, 1929–1935 Petrus Johannes Loots, 1935–1939 Andries Petrus du Preez, 1939–1951 (field preacher) Louis Jacobus Heyns, 1940–1946 Michiel Hendrik Visser, 1946–1953 (from 1960 to 1964 pastor of Moorreesburg) Frederick Johan Bessinger, 1948–1952 (possibly mission church; source unclear) Willem Johannes du Toit, 1954–1959 (from 1949 to 1954 pastor of Moorreesburg) Jan Frederik Viljoen, 1959–1965 Willem Jacobus le Roux, 1965–1971 (from 1954 to 1959 pastor of Moorreesburg) Jacob Nicolaas (Japie) Taljaard, 1987–present
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