The Dutch Reformed Church in Jansenville was the first of a total of seven congregations of the Dutch Reformed Church that was founded in 1855[1] and is therefore the 61st oldest congregation in the entire Church and the 13th oldest congregation in the Synod of Eastern Cape.[2][3] The NG municipality Middelburg, Cape, merged with its daughter municipality Middelburg-Uitsig as Middelburg-Karoo in 2010 and that year has since been indicated as its founding date, because Jansenville moved up one place.[4]
The Murraysburg Reformed Church and the Dutch Reformed Church in Aberdeen, also both in the Presbytery of Graaff-Reinet, were also founded in the year 1855. The other four congregations are all in the current Synod of Western and Southern Cape, namely Ceres, Sutherland, Heidelberg, Western Cape and Simonstad, which would later be known as Vishoek.[5]
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- ^ (in Afrikaans) Koerant-uitgewer vou oor slegte skuld, Volksblad, 6 Maart 2000. URL besoek op 11 September 2013.
- ^ (in Afrikaans) Uitgewer van 13 Karoo koerante gelikwideer, Die Burger, 4 March 2000. URL besoek op 11 September 2013.
- ^ Official news Archived 1 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Kerkbode, 2 May 2014. URL accessed on 9 June 2014.
- ^ (in Afrikaans) Besonderhede van toerismebedrywighede op Jansenville op Travelkaroo.co.za Archived 2020-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. URL besoek op 10 September 2013.