Reformed Churches in South Africa

Reformed Churches in South Africa
AbbreviationGKSA
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationReformed
TheologyCalvinist[1]
PolityPresbyterian
AssociationsInternational Conference of Reformed Churches, World Reformed Fellowship
RegionSouth Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India
Origin1859
Rustenburg
Separated fromDutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NHK)
Congregations397[2]
Members100,000[3]
Ministers276
Official websitegksa.org.za

The Reformed Churches in South Africa (Afrikaans: Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika) is a Christian denomination in South Africa that was formed in 1859 in Rustenburg. Members of the church are sometimes referred to as Doppers.[4]

  1. ^ "South African Christian". Sachristian.co.za.
  2. ^ "Wie is ons?". Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Statistiek". gksa1.businesscatalyst.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ^ Pettman, Charles (1913). Africanderisms; a glossary of South African colloquial words and phrases and of place and other names. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 151.

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