The Dutch Reformed Church in Prince Albert is a congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church that was separated from the NG congregation Beaufort West on 24 November 1842 as the 19th congregation in what is currently the Synod of the Western and Southern Cape and only the 29th congregation in the entire Church.
Background Towards the end of the 18th century, Samuel de Beer established a fertile farm at the foot of the Swartberg Mountains. This farm, Kweekvallei,Botes, P.J. en M. 1992. Gemeente onder die Swartberg. Geskiedenis van die Ned Geref Kerk Prins Albert 1842–1992. Prins Albert: Kerkraad. was one of the ten field cornets that were subject to Beaufort West,Capeinfo.com/blogs Karoo Rose se blog, Letters from a Parsonage . and was also on the old main road between Cape Town and the eastern border. With Kweekvallei as its centre,Stockenstrom, E. 1942. Gedenkboek van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Gemeente te Prins Albert. Kaapstad: Nasionale Pers, Beperk. a congregation was established by the first Synod of the Cape Church of Beaufort West on 24 November 1842. The congregation and the emerging town were named after Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.Van Rene, Adri-Louise (hoof: Tydskriftemaatskappy). 2012. Jaarboek van die NG Kerke 2012. Wellington: Tydskriftemaatskappy.
Ministers Johannes Henoch Neethling, 1852–1858 Willem Adolph Krige, 1859–1883 (emeritus; died 28 June 1884) Adriaan Hofmeyr, 1883–1895 Philip Rudolf McLachlan, 1892 (assistant preacher) Andreas Gerhardus du Toit, 1896 to 1906 David Wilcocks, 1906–1911 Daniël J. Le Roux Marchand, 1911–1928 (emeritus; died 25 April 1935) Johannes Stefanus Theron, 1929–1932 Hendrik Schalk Theron, 1933–1936 Lourens Erasmus du Toit, 1937–1943 Ruben Fourie, 1939–1944 Unio Joubert, 1943–1947 Stephanus Bernardus Buys, February 1948 – January 1962 (died 12 January 1962) Wilhelm Adolph Alheit, 1949–1951 Ernst Jacobus Marais 1952-1955 Melgard Johannes Keller, 1962-1968 Charl Francois Sieberhagen 1968-1972 Koosie Delport, 1972–1977 Johannes Jochemus Gildenhuys, 1977–1981 Matthys Magielse Coetzee, 1981-1996 Christoffel Jacobus Briers, 1996-2020 Philip George Scholtz, 2 April 2021 – present (three-year term; emeritus minister)
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