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Presbyterian Church
Mgwali Mission Station, Stutterheim district, Eastern Cape

Date:1857
Type:Presbyterian Church
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
Alt: 756m

Associated with Tiyo Soga.

Transcription of the modern commemorative plaque mounted on a yellow face brick plinth outside the church:

150 YEARS MEMORIAL

KUDE KWALAPHA UTHIXO ENATHI
SAMMUAL 12 VERSE 14

MGWALI

MINISTERS WHO SERVICED THE
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
  1. REV. TIYO SOGA
    FOUNDER (1857 - 1871)
  2. REV. TIYO BURNSIDE SOGA.
    (SON)
  3. REV. CUMMING
  4. REV. STEWART
  5. REV HOLSORD MAMA
  6. REV HONGO
  7. REV Z S NCEVU
SPONSORED BY :
ZUSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES
TEL: 043 760 0045

The nearby Manse of this church is a ruin.

Declared (together with the nearby Presbyterian Church) as a National Monument on 4 August 1995, it is now a Provincial Heritage site.

These notes were last edited on 2022 06 15


Writings about this entry

Cachet, F Lion . 1888. Tiyo Soga : Die Eerste [......]zendeling. Amsterdam: Höveker & Zoon. pg All