That means that (although the attempt to unite the two denominations in the end failed) the congregation, like some 20 others in the Western Cape, is now linked to both of these two multiracial denominations and is a constituent congregation in both. Leader Name: Leader Position: Formal Title: Leader Address: Tel: Fax: Leader Email: Leader Bio: Other Church Leaders: Rev Thamie Mooi on Social Media: Langa Congregational Church Leadership Photos. His grandparents had been converted by one of the early American missionaries, Aldin Grout, and Chief Luthuli was a Life Deacon of the Groutville Congregational Church. As we celebrate with you today, we pay homage to those who established Isililo, as a sanctuary for women and a platform for devotion as well as the strengthening of family and societal values. Previous Article:||The witness of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. Secretariat in Johannesburg (South Africa), headed by General Secretary. This was to prove most invaluable when Chief Luthuli's time was taken up as Chief of Groutville and by politics as President of the ANC. Congregationalism has always been based on the biblical principle of covenant, in which individuals and groups of God's people respond to God's revelation. When other prominent ecumenical church leaders in South Africa vacillated and were ambivalent in their reception of the Kairos Document and its challenge to the churches at the time of its release, the UCCSA's first response to the document was unambiguous in its affirmation and support: Official responses of the English-speaking churches to the Kairos Document, with the exception of that from the United Congregational Church, have been either restrained or critical. Although the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa was only formed in 1967, it traces its origins back to over 200 years, to the arrival of the first personnel sent to the sub-continent by the London Missionary Society.
We have also established the Department of Rural Development, which amongst others, should develop a strategy for rural women's development. They complemented each other well, with Dr Dube as a great orator while Nokutela was a wonderful musician. Since 1970, the cosy comfort of the reunited congregational family, which the church had enjoyed for three brief years, had been shattered. Two criticisms of the NVDD are advanced, namely, the lack for a critical social analysis, and a weak theological reflection. Among van der Kemp's prominent successors, Dr John Philip, the first Superintendent of the Society, was active in securing rights for the indigenous inhabitants of the colony while overseeing a rapid expansion of mission work. Website: Click to View. This they did without having any guarantee that they would return home unharmed. All reviews are checked and may be edited by our editorial team. In the 1930s and 1940s there were many instances of mass protests, demonstrations and passive resistance campaigns in which women participated. Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback|. Date Founded: January 1967. Title: SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the 100 year celebration conference of the women's organisation of the united congregational church of Southern African KZN region. Ever since (Wing 1990).
In addition, the UCCSA 's continued exploration of further ecumenical endeavours is traced. The highest governing body of the church is the assembly, which meets biennially and consists of ministers and lay delegates elected by the regional councils and synods. An executive committee which is representative of the synods is in charge in between meetings of the assembly. The confrontation between the advocates of a conventional piety and the supporters of strong social action to end apartheid came to a head when the World Council of Churches (WCC) made its controversial grants to the liberation movements in 1970. Meanwhile in 1958, the PCSA, because its work in the countries north of South Africa had now expanded, also changed its name, to the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa. Since Van der Kemp's arrival the different streams of Congregationalism that were established by British and North American missionaries operated separately until the 3rd October 1967, when a united Congregational church was formed. The history of UCCSA's witness is contemporaneous with human crisis of massive dimensions. The liberty of each local congregation does not mean that the UCCSA is a loose grouping of separatist churches, for Congregationalism is based very firmly on the biblical principle of covenant - individual members covenant, as the local church, to "walk together according to God's ways, " and each church also exists in covenant relationship with other member churches, "the Holy Spirit helping us". It is a tribute to the tenacity of those forces inside and outside South Africa, both within the church in particular and within societies at large, that the advocates of apartheid were to succumb.
As early as 1823 a Presbytery was formed and churches spread rapidly throughout the whole eastern frontier. It is noteworthy that in 1909 the Wilcox family founded the Zulu Industrial Improvement Company, the first shareholding company in South Africa's history. Bergvliet Congregational Church, Bergvliet (7.
South African Council of Churches (SACC) 1968. Baphumelela ngisho ukulifinyelelisa ezindaweni la kukhulunywa ulimi olwehlukile kolwesiZulu. The UCCSA is One Church in Five Countries –Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The article draws on a case study done in the informal settlement of Sweet Home Farm in Philippi, Cape Town, with the intent of compiling a descriptive empirical report on the way the community deals with human waste. Ebenezer Congregational Church, Kuils River (6. Asibasize omama ababhekene nalezizinkinga zokuhlukunyezwa singomama beSililo, sibaxhase ngazozonke izindlela, singabasoli ngoba akulona iphutha labo ukuhlukunyezwa. The first General Secretary of the denomination, Rev Joe Wing, also served with great commitment and enthusiasm as the Secretary of the South African Church Unity Commission. In responding to the first criticism, the study undertakes a detailed analysis of three key areas of enmity, namely, the ethnic conflicts between the Shona and Ndebele, the racial conflicts between white and black centered on land, and the political conflicts between ZANU-PF and civil society and the MDC.
Asilazi lelihlazo livelaphi ngempela ngoba sakhuliswa ngendlela yokubazisa abesimame kanye nokuvikela izingane ikakhulukazi ezamantombazane. Theologically the UCCSA traces its roots back to the Reformation teachings of John Calvin. It recognises the need for its life, work and witness to incorporate the spiritual experience and cultural diversity of all its members at the southern tip of the African continent. Mama Nokukhanya was also an active community member and opened up a post office at her home for the residents of Groutville. Following their charter in 1812, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions dispatched their first personnel in 1835 to work among the Zulu of the Natal colony, and the Ndebele in what is today Zimbabwe. Reconciliation was seen to lie at the edge of two parallel truths; justice and forgiveness; truth and reconciliation. In 1827-29, with help from the British Government and from Dutch Reformed congregations, they built a church in what is now the centre of Cape Town. A C Braby (Pty) Ltd. and its associates disclaim all liability for any loss, damage, injury or expense however caused, arising from the use of or reliance upon, in any manner, the information provided through this service and does not warrant the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information provided. Journal of Theology for Southern AfricaWomen, Ecofeminist Theology and Sustainability in a Post-Apartheid South Africa.
UCCSA's commitment to church and Christian unity in Southern Africa remains as firm as ever. Inanda Seminary and Adams College arose out of the work of the American Board. Born out of Unity and for Unity. The mission stations on the eastern frontier eventually fell under the oversight of the Free Presbyterian Church and the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Luthuli's Christian conviction led him to champion the cause of disenfranchised black South Africans, and he eventually became President of the African National Congress. These include ukuthwala, ukungena as well as the succession and inheritance rights which usually ride roughshod on the rights of women. He stayed from 1881 until 1919, when they were forced out of the country. Being and Becoming a Missional Church. The UCCSA was very clear in its stance against the evil system of apartheid. We also urge Isililo to partner government in some progressive campaigns that promote women's rights. • Reverend W Rubusana, one the four original vice Presidents of the ANC was the Vice-Chairman of the Congregational Union of South Africa. We must stop wasting our precious water – and also stop polluting it. ' Author:||Water, Desmond van der|.
Within the brief space of 7 years, all the necessary agreements were in place, and the UCCSA came into being at its Inaugural Assembly in Durban on 3 October 1967, under the leadership of its first Chairman, Rev J K Main. NY 22Guguletu, Western Cape 7751.
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