Partnership of mission work in the congregations of the presbytery of burger

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INAUGURATION OF THE MISSION HOSPITAL

The hospital was opened in January 1959. Rev Coen van Rensburg, the moderator of the NGKA for Transvaal was the speaker. Chief Frank Maserumule, chief of the Matlala tribe named the hospital the Matlala Mission Hospital. The hospital was opened by the first secretary of the hospital, Mr Kaboet Rousseau. He was the son of the first missionary in Sekhukhuneland who started the Burger mission further down the Olifants River. He gave up farming to take up this position as mission hospital secretary. Previously he also served at the Katete mission station of the DRC in North Rhodesia (Zambia). Rev Jordaan left Goedvertrouwen in February 1959. He wrote that he saw God’s hand in this move.

1959 TO 1961

This was a period without a missionary. All the mission work and the hospital administration took place under the auspices of the secretary, Kaboet Rousseau. He was well equipped for this task. He could speak Sepedi and knew Sekhukhuneland well because he was raised there. As a small boy, he and his brother, Joubert and their sister Ella, came from Zambia with their parents. His father, Abraham Rousseau, accepted the call to become the first DRC missionary for Sekhukhuneland. The TVSV bought the farm Mooiplaats near Apel, only 60 kilometers from Matlala, where Burger mission was founded by him in 1926. Kaboet first went to school at Kgarathuthu, five kilometers from Eensgevonden which was his father’s farm. They temporarily lived there till Mooiplaats was developed enough to provide the basic requirements for a family. He attended the second primary school at Strydkraal, close to Mooiplaats. There he completed Standard 6 and left to train as a teacher. Those years were important to him, because of the pioneering work done together with Rev Jorrie (JT) Jordaan at Matlala. His wife, Zella, assisted him in this task. Kaboet felt the need to continue with the mission project. He consulted the missionary of the nearest DRC mission station at Philadelphia, near Groblersdal, Rev Jacobson. He arrived with a tent and some of his evangelists to conduct a campaign at chief Maserumule’s kraal at Mohlalaotwane (Vooruitzicht) about 10 kilometers from Matlala.
The services of an evangelist from Dorothea Mission was obtained for follow-up work (story told by Kaboet in person on tape – Jordaan:27 – Author’s own translation).

1961 TO 1975 – REV PIETER CONRADIE

Rev Conradie arrived as the new missionary in March 1961. He immediately started to serve all outposts and to stabilize the work at the mission hospital. Together with the hospital staff, he worked diligently to obtain funds for the building of a chapel at the hospital. At the inauguration of the chapel which he had built himself, he married one of the sisters, Tokkie van der Schyff, on 13 January 1962.
Her husband did not want her to continue working. So she decided to become his permanent assistant. He was involved in the upliftment of the congregation of Lepelle, which had been vacant for more than two years. He served Holy Communion to members in schools, huts and even under trees. He was also the link between the PSK, the mission hospital board and the church council of the NGK Marble Hall. He served as an elder of the DRC of Marble Hall. At that time, the staff of the Arabie Agricultural College, six kilometers from the hospital, and the staff of the hospital formed a ward of the congregation of Marble Hall. The ward was called Goedvertrouwen.
A teacher, Freek Vercueil of the Boaparankwe School for the sons of the Pedi chiefs, also at Arabie, was the deacon of the Church. Rev Conradie had training sessions with the staff on a weekly basis for spiritual upliftment. Every day at 06:45 morning devotion was held where staff members took turns to conduct the devotional service. This was followed by a short service conducted by a staff member in each ward. The staff also had a weekly prayer meeting as well as a service every Sunday evening, alternating between Arabie and the mission station.

INTRODUCTION
Sources of Study
The Dutch Reformed Church and the Utmost Ends of the Earth
1. MISSION HISTORY
1.1 What is Mission?
1.2 What is Mission History?
1.3 The Relationship of Mission History and Church History
1.4 Objectivity in Missiography
1.5 Objectivity and Subjectivity
1.6 Historicity
1.7 Research Project and Research Field
1.8 Context of the study
1.9 The Choice of Research Method
1.10 Research Assumption (Hypothesis)
1.11 The DRC Mission Work in Sekhukhuneland Completed
1.12 Interpretation
1.13 List of Interviews and Respondents in the Research
2. THE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF SEKHUKHUNELAND
2.1 The Country
2.2 History of the Pedi of Sekhukhuneland
2.3 Other Indigenous Groups in Sekhukhuneland
2.4 The Masuku Family of Mathukuthela at Phokwane as told by Obed Masuku
2.5 Samson Mnisi: A Pioneer Church Planter
2.6 The South Ndebele – The Ndzundza
2.7 The Ndebele of Nebo (Sekhukhuneland)
2.8 The North Ndebele of Zebediela
2.9 The Ba-Kopa and the Berlin Missionaries
2.10 Manche Masemola – A Martyr’s Death
2.11 Evaluation
PART ONE: THE PIONEERING PHASE OF DRC MISSION WORK IN SEKHUKHUNELAND A CHURCH-MISSION PARTNERSHIP
3. MPHAHLELE – AN OVERFLOW FROM KRANSPOORT MISSION INTO SEKHUKHUNELAND
3.1 Molepo
3.2 Rev SP Helm
3.3 Rev JW Daneel
3.4 Mphahlele
3.5 1926 to 1965
4. MOTHOPONG (MANKOPANE) – THE FIRST CONGREGATION IN SEKHUKHUNELAND
4.1 1875 to 1897
4.2 1898 to 1925
4.3 The Mothopong Church Bell
4.4 1926 to 1943
4.5 Mission Schools
4.6 1944 to 1995
4.7 Burger Mission Station relocated to Maandagshoek
4.8 The New Church Building at Mothopong
5. THE BURGERS OF MIDDELBURG AND MISSION WORK IN SEKHUKHUNELAND
5.1 The Transvaal Vroue Sending-Vereniging
6. THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH LYDENBURG AND THE SEKHUKHUNELAND MISSION OUTREACH
7. THE TVSV MISSION PROJECT IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE PRESBYTERY OF LYDENBURG DRC
8. BURGER MISSION STATION
8.1 Second Congress
8.2 Third Congress
8.3 Burger Mission Station at Mooiplaats
8.4 Medical Mission
8.5 Evangelists who worked with Rev Rousseau
8.6 Outposts of Rev Rousseau – Burger Mission – 1935
8.7 Rev LC van der Merwe
9. PIONEER OF MAANDAGSHOEK MISSION STATION – LIFE AND WORK OF MURRAY LOUW: 1 APRIL 1944 TO 21 JANUARY 1962
9.1 Early Life
9.2 Ordination at Mphahlele
9.3 From Burger to Maandagshoek
9.4 Burger Divided
9.5 After Ten Years 1943 to 1953
9.6 1954 to 1961
9.7 Maandagshoek Medical Mission
9.8 Male Nurse Gerrie Jansen
9.9 The Hospital
9.10 A New Hospital
9.11 Dr HC Boshoff
9.12 History of Mission Schools
9.13 The Government Takes Over
9.14 Rev Murray Louw as Missionary
9.15 Rev Louw Accepts a Call to Pretoria
9.16 Jacobus Murray Louw – Born 19 November 1930
9.17 Evaluation: Murray and Koos Louw Reports
10. THE FIRST BLACK MINISTER IN SEKHUKHUNELAND – EDWARD MOLEKE PHATUDI, 1912 TO 1983
10.1 Early Life
10.2 The Scholastic Days
10.3 As a Minister of Theology
10.4 Edward Phatudi – The Family Man
10.5 Murray Louw Seputule Phatudi
11. EVANGELISTS OF THE BURGER MISSION – AS REPORTED BY REV MJ MANKOE
12. MAANDAGSHOEK MISSION 1962 TO 1976
12.1 Rev IM (Sakkie) van der Merwe
12.2 Rev Schalk Burger and his wife, Anna
12.3 Pulamadibogo – To the Glory of God – Memorial Church
12.4 Central Committee for Local Missions
12.5 The Mission Hospital becomes a Government Hospital
12.6 The Louw Church
12.7 The TVSV withdraw from Maandagshoek (Burger)
12.8 Enos Setjakadume Ramaipadi
13. SEKHUKHUNELAND CONGREGATION – KLIPSPRUIT MISSION
13.1 Rev AS van Niekerk
13.2 Rev JS Malan
13.3 The Bosele School for the Blind
13.4 Life-sketch of Rev Malan
13.5 Rev HJ Grobler
13.6 Rev CH Delport
13.7 Sekhukhuneland Borders
13.8 Further Development at Bosele
14. GOEDVERTROUWEN MISSION STATION 1956 TO 1959
14.1 Dr JT Jordaan (Hans)
14.2 The Hospital
14.3 Inauguration of the Mission Hospital
14.4 1959 to 1961
14.5 1961 to 1975 – Rev Pieter Conradie
14.6 Other Building Projects at Matlala
14.7 DRC Marble Hall and the DRC Lyttelton East
15. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE PRESBYTERY OF BURGER
15.1 The Development of the Groothoek Mission: Sebetiela Mission Congregation
15.2 The DRC Mission Church Potgietersrus East
15.3 Evaluation of Part One
PART TWO: THE FIRST PHASE OF PARTNERSHIP AFTER THE NGKA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1963
16. GUIDELINES BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE PRESBYTERY OF BURGER
17. BURGER CONGREGATION
17.1 Remarks
17.2 Recommendations
17.3 Statistics
17.4 Proposed Plan for the Congregation
18. CONGREGATION OF SEKHUKHUNELAND
18.1 Recommendations
18.2 Sekhukhuneland – 1966
18.3 Congregational Statistics
18.4 Recommendations
19. MARBLE HALL CONGREGATION (LEPELLE CONGREGATION)
19.1 The Planning Commission of 1965 made the following remarks:
19.2 Recommendations
19.3 The New Borders
19.4 Marble Hall – 1966 (Lepelle Congregation)
20. PHILADELPHIA MISSION
20.1 Early History
20.2 First Members
20.3 First Evangelist
20.4 Rev GF Endemann
20.5 Mission Hospital
20.6 The First Missionary
20.7 The 1965 Planning Commission
20.8 The 1966 Planning Commission
21. THE CONGREGATIONS OF BURGERSFORT AND ROOSSENEKAL
21.1 Remarks
22. THE GENERAL SITUATION OF THE CONGREGATIONS OF THE PRESBYTERY OF BURGER 1969
22.1 Report of the Chairman: Rev SW Burger
22.2 Report of the Commission for Planning
22.3 Report of the Relieving Minister of Roossenekal
22.4 The Report on the Statistics of the different Congregations
22.5 Point for discussion
23. LEBOWA-KGOMO
23.1 The Forming of Lebowa-Kgomo
23.2 The Congregation of Sebetiela
23.3 The Congregation of Bothanang
23.4 Evaluation of Part Two
PART THREE: THE ERA OF CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP
24. THE DRC AND THE NGKA PARTNERSHIP IN SEKHUKHUNELAND – 1970 TO 1994
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Report of the Planning Commission 1969
24.3 General Guidelines for Partnership
24.4 The Joint Task of the Old and Younger Churches
25. PARTNERSHIP OF MISSION WORK IN THE CONGREGATIONS OF THE PRESBYTERY OF BURGER
25.1 Lerato Congregation
26.2 Rev MJ Mankoe – His Life and Work in Sekhukhuneland in the Congregation of Burger
26.3 Rev JH Nieder-Heitmann
26.4 MJ Mojapelo
26.5 JPJ Koen – Life-sketch
26.6 TM Banda
27. LEPELLE CONGREGATION
27.1 GJ Jordaan – 1977 to 1995
27.2 Murray Phatudi
27.3 The need for Church buildings – the new church at Leeuwfontein
27.4 A New Ward – Malope
27.5 Masemola
27.6 Matlala Hospital
27.7 Gawie Jordaan: 1982
27.8 New Mission Strategy
27.9 Tent-making Ministry
27.10 Government Feeding Schemes
27.11 The erecting of small ward Church Buildings
27.12 The Riots
27.13 Evangelists of Lepelle – the phasing out period
27.14 The ministers of Lepelle 1958 to 1994
28. SEKHUKHUNELAND CONGREGATION
28.1 Rev and Mrs PJ Joubert
28.2 Wessel Christiaan Bester
28.3 PJ Etsebeth
28.4 A Journey through the Congregation
28.5 Ministers and evangelists of Sekhukhuneland
29. MOTETEMA CONGREGATION
29.1 Rev Maphuti Ezekiel Morifi
30. NGKA AND DRC PARTNERSHIP – A SUMMARY
30.1 Guardianship: The period from 1932 to 1963
30.2 The Constitution of the Indigenous Church NGKA 1963
30.3 Church Growth and Independence: The period 1963 to 1980
30.4 Growth within the Congregations
30.5 The Church also saw the need for evangelization
30.6 Tension and Uncertainty
30.7 Continued Support
30.8 Conclusions
30.9 Advice
30.10 The position of the missionary
30.11 Structural Unity
30.12 The DRC in crisis 1980 to 1994
30.13 The DRC Member Churches
30.14 Influence of Kerk en Samelewing in the NGKA Presbytery of Burger – 1986: Marble Hall Congregation
31. THE PHASING OUT OF THE MINISTRY OF EVANGELISTS
31.1 How this decision influenced the ministry in the Presbytery of Burger
32. CHANGING IN MISSIONARY STRUCTURES WHICH LED TO STEP-OUT AND TAKE-OVER
32.1 The date
32.2 JJ (Dons) Kritzinger
32.3 Rev Jan Nieder-Heitmann
32.4 Rev Wessel Bester of Sekhukhuneland
32.5 Rev Petrus Etsebeth
32.6 Rev Sakkie van der Merwe
32.7 Stewardship
32.8 Lepelle: GJ Jordaan
32.9 To fulfil the office of Missionary and Ministry
32.10 The Ministry
32.11 Evaluation
33. A SUMMARY OF PHASES OF PARTNERSHIP IN THE DRC MISSION WORK
33.1 The Pioneering Phase of Mission Work in Sekhukhuneland
33.2 Church-to-Church Partnership Period
33.3 Evaluation of Part Three
PART FOUR: CONSEQUENCES FOR CHURCH DEVELOPMENT AND CHURCH PLANTING POST-1994
34. THE DRC AND THE YOUNGER CHURCHES AND THE PROSPECT OF A PARTNERSHIP AFTER 1994
34.1 Partnership and Unity
34.2 A New Relationship
34.3 Stewardship
34.4 Enslavement
34.5 Inequality
34.6 Discontinuance and Continuance by Establishing Forums
34.7 A Threat to the Rural Congregations
35. THE DRC MISSION SINCE 1994 AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS
35.1 Potchefstroom – Miederpark
35.2 The DRC Congregation of Skuilkrans
35.3 Evaluation
35.4 A Future Projection
35.5 A New Beginning
35.6 A New Dream for the Emerging Church
36. PARTNERSHIP – AN ANSWER TO PROBLEMS AND TENSION?
36.1 Unity and Mission
36.2 Ecumenism in the Young Churches in South Africa
36.3 Whitby (Canada) – Partnership in Obedience
36.4 Whitby 1947 to Worcester 1975
36.5 What Happened to the missio Dei Concept?
36.6 Evangelicals Separate and Consolidated
36.7 Evangelization and Mission
36.8 Partnership Ecumenical vs Evangelical Mission(s) Distinctives
36.9 Partnership and Diakonia
36.10 Partnership and missio Dei after Whitby
36.11 Partnership an Answer to Problems and Tension
36.12 Evaluation of Part Four
37. IS PARTNERSHIP A PARADIGM SHIFT IN MISSIONS IN MODERN TIMES?
38. BY WAY OF EPILOGUE
39. SUMMARY
40. PHOTOS
41. ADDENDUM ONE
ADDENDUM TWO
42. BIBLIOGRAPHY