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Church in Windhoek, Namibia
Reformed Church Windhoek
Gereformeerde Kerk Windhoek
Location
Windhoek
Country
Namibia
Denomination
Reformed Churches in South Africa
Membership
172 confirmed and 49 baptized
History
Founded
1937 (split from GK Church Gobabis
Founder(s)
Demps van der Merwe, first pastor (1950–1957)
The Reformed Church Windhoek (Dutch: Gereformeerde kerk Windhoek or GK Windhoek) is the oldest of the three Dutch Reformed churches in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.
The GK Windhoek was founded in 1937, the sixth-oldest congregation in then South West Africa of the Reformed Churches in South Africa. In the Windhoek district, near the village of Dordabis, the Reformed Church Bitterwater was started earlier in 1935, but closed in 1964 after five years with only 14 confirmed and 13 baptized members. The GK Windhoek is thus the fifth-oldest GK congregation still active in Namibia. The Dutch Reformed Church Windhoek is for its part the fifth-oldest in the entire Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NHK). The local Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK) was only established on November 23, 1950, 21 years after the NHK one and 13 years after the GK one.
Initially holding services in various local homes and halls, the GK Windhoek finally built its own church building in 1952. An angular, flat-roofed building with some upper wall tiles painted in contrasting colors to the rest of the exterior, it was nicknamed the "raisin bread church."
On September 10, 1977, the GK Windhoek moved into its spacious, new building. The brown brick church overlooks the capital is located on the corner of Luther and Liliencron Streets in the suburb of Eros. The architect was Tinus du Plessis, and Michiel Prinsloo, then the oldest surviving member of the Dorsland Trek by which Boers first settled the area, unlocked the front door at the opening ceremony. A "treasure chest" of marble was placed in the foyer for tithes. Cost overruns led the church to buy a smaller organ than the one commissioned for the building. Construction finished on November 2, 2002 when the corbel was installed.
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