Hopefield Reformed Church

{{Sources exist|date=September 2024}} {{Short description|Church in Hopefield in the Western Cape}}

thumb|340x340px The '''Hopefield Reformed Church''' is a congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the South African province of Western Cape. The center of gravity of the parish is the Sandveld town of Hopefield.<ref>{{in lang|af}} [http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/6687 '' 'n Ondersoek na die bewarenswaardigheid van die Kaaps-Hollandse herlewingstyl-geboue in George'']. URL besoek op 15 Desember 2014.</ref> It separated from the Swartland Reformed Church on 13 December 1851 as the 48th congregation in the then Cape Church. In 1902 Vredenburg seceded from Hopefield, in 1957 Saldanha/Langebaan Road and in 1988 Langebaan.<ref>[http://www.ngkerkhopefield.co.za/ NG Kerk Hopefield.] URL last visited on 26 June 2016.</ref>{{clarify|date=September 2023|reason=What is vredenberg?}}

== Ministers == * Johannes Henoch Neethling, 1854–1904, died 10 January 1917 at Hopefield * Johan George Steytler, 1905–1912 * Philippus Albertus Myburgh Brink, 1913–1927 * Christoph Wilhelm Alheit, 1927–1941 (emeritus) * Andries van der Merwe, 1941–1943 * Johannes Lafras Fourie, 1943–? * Abraham Jacobus Beukes, 1958–1964 * Jacobus Andries Johannes Kriek, 1964–1969 (Navy Chaplain, Langebaan) * Lovell Donald Douglas Emslie, 1970–1975 * Gerhard Petrus Stoffberg, 1976–1984 * Steyn Eugene Dippenaar, 1984–2005

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