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Click to view large map Coordinates: | The Evangelies Gereformeerde Kerk on Woodley Street was originally the Church of St John the Evangelist (pictured) and was opened on 13 September 1905 by the Right Reverend Dr Arthur Chandler, DD, Bishop of Bloemfontein. The nave is 19,6m long and 11,95m wide and the building seats 350 congregants. The builder was C van der Watt and Church and McLauchlin best burnt bricks were used. Electric lighting was supplied by T Reunert. The founding of this congregation was a break-away from St Cyprian's, the latter being considered too 'high church'. In 1935 the church building was purchased by the Evangeliese Gereformeerde Kerk. (Kimberley City Info accessed 2017 12 05). ----------------------- The neighboring church hall, constructed in 1911, commemorates Moses Cornwall, a former Kimberley Mayor and warder. Its foundation stone was laid by Councillor William Gasson, then Mayor, on March 15, 1911. In 1939, the Gereformeerde Kerk acquired the church building but sold it in 1973 to relocate to their new church at the intersection of Kekewich Drive and Memorial Road/Cape Town Road. Recently, Professor Fanie Germishuys purchased the building for the Olyfboom Family Church. It is well-maintained, with significant interior refurbishment. (Source: kimberley.org.za) |
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