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Date: 1944 Type: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Church Status: Extant

Until 1992 Malvern. Die Ring van Johannesburg kom op 13 Augustus 1940 byeen en gee opdrag aan sy Ringskommissie om 'n nuwe gemeente, met Malvern as middelpunt, te stig. Op 18 September vergader die Ringskommissie in die kerksaal van Malvern en 'n nuwe gemeente word gestig. As bruidskat ontvang die nuwe gemeente drie standplase met die kerksaal en pastorie daarop, eiendom ter waarde van £3 585. In die notule van die kerkraadsvergadering van 25 Maart 1942 is die toekenning deur die stadsraad aangeteken van die grond (in Kingstraat, Malvern) waarop die kerk later gebou is. Die gemeente koop boumateriaal aan terwyl die kerkraad reëlings tref om die nodige geld te leen. Die firma Geers & Geers trek die bouplanne op. Tydens 'n kerkraadsvergadering op 21 Mei 1943 word gerapporteer dat die boupermit gekom het en ontmoet die kerkraad mnr. F.P. van Heerden, die bouaannemer. Tydens dieselfde vergadering besluit die kerkraad om die pastorie wat die moedergemeente opgerig het, te verkoop en een in Oxfordweg te koop. Die kerkgebou word op 19 Augustus 1944 ingewy. Die gemeente besluit hierna om die kerksaal vir £4 500 te verkoop, wat net soos die pastorie as bruidskat van Jeppestown ontvang is. Op 14 Februarie 1948 wy die gemeente sy orrel in. (Morné van Rooyen, Oktober 2017) The Circuit of Johannesburg met on 13 August 1940 and instructed its Circuit Commission to establish a new community, with Malvern as its center. On 18 September, the Circuit Commission met in Malvern's church hall and decided that a new congregation would be established. As a grant, the new congregation received three stands with the church hall and parsonage, property worth £3 585. In the memorandum of the church council meeting of 25 March 1942, the award was recorded by the city council of the land (in King Street, Malvern) on which the church was later built. The congregation bought building materials while the church council made arrangements to borrow the necessary money. The firm Geers & Geers drew up the building plans. During a church council meeting on May 21, 1943, it was reported that the building permit was received and the church council met with P.M. van Heerden, the building contractor. At the same meeting, the church council decided to sell the parsonage that the parent community had erected and to buy one in Oxford Road. The church building was inaugurated on 19 August 1944. The congregation then decided to sell the church hall for £4 500, which, just like the parsonage, was received from Jeppestown's grant. On 14 February 1948, the congregation inaugurated its organ.