Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa was established by Swiss missionaries in 1875 among Tsonga people in Valdezia. It was formerly known as Tsonga Presbyterian Church. Mission stations were established in eastern and northern part of Transvaal. Congregations were established in Pretoria, Reef and Free State and KwaZulu-Natal. The official language of the church was and still is Xitsonga. In 1962 the church become independent, but still relied on the supplies from Swiss missionaries.[1]

The activities of the church include evangelism and church planting, and playing a frontier role in the battle against AIDS/HIV. Member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches,[2] the South Africa Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches and World Council of Churches. The church has 50,000 members and 52 parishes and 250 preaching points and 8 presbyteries; namely: Giyani, Malamulele, Soutpansberg, Letaba, Lowveld, Tshwane, North East and Rand.[3][4]

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Notes
  1. Fasse, Christoph. "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". www.reformiert-online.net.
  2. www.wcrc.ch/node/164 Archived August 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. User, Super. "EPCSA". www.epcsa.org.za.

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