The Hopefield Reformed Church is a congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the South African province of Western Cape. The center of gravity of the parish is the Sandveld town of Hopefield. It separated from the Swartland Reformed Church on 13 December 1851 as the 48th congregation in the then Cape Church. In 1902 Vredenburg seceded from Hopefield, in 1957 Saldanha/Langebaan Road and in 1988 Langebaan.
Ministers
Johannes Henoch Neethling, 1854–1904, died 10 January 1917 at Hopefield
Johan George Steytler, 1905–1912
Philippus Albertus Myburgh Brink, 1913–1927
Christoph Wilhelm Alheit, 1927–1941 (emeritus) Andries van der Merwe, 1941–1943 Johannes Lafras Fourie, 1943–? Abraham Jacobus Beukes, 1958–1964 Jacobus Andries Johannes Kriek, 1964–1969 (Navy Chaplain, Langebaan) Lovell Donald Douglas Emslie, 1970–1975 Gerhard Petrus Stoffberg, 1976–1984 Steyn Eugene Dippenaar, 1984–2005
References
Churches in the Western Cape
Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK)