Dutch Reformed Church, Calvinia

The Dutch Reformed Church in Calvinia is a church building of the Dutch Reformed Church in Calvinia, South Africa built in 1899 and declared a National Memorial in 1982. The neo-Gothic building in the village named after Calvin is on the corner of Malan and De Villiers streets.

The community's first church was built in 1849. Two years later, a parsonage was built for the first pastor, Rev. Hofmeyr, who served for 99 years.

Ministers

• Prof. N.J. Hofmeyr, 1851–1858
• Johannes Christoffel Truter, 1889–1896
• Marthinus Smuts Daneel, 1898–1906
• Murray Jooste, 1908–1932
• Cornelis Muller, 1932–1950 (accepts his emeritus)
• Pieter Jacobus Conradie, 1940–1941 (assistant preacher)
• Jacobus Claassen, 1945–1946
• Willem Carel van der Merwe, 1947–1950
• Albertus Wynand Christoffel Bester, 1971–1974
• Roy Cecil Thorne, 2007–6 December 2015
• Maryke van Niekerk, 2016–present
• Edward Archer, 2016–September 2017 (from 2005 to incorporation in 2016 Calvinia-Hantam; resigned)

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