Abstract
This article is about the 2nd half (50 years) of the centenary of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA) at the University of Pretoria (UP). The NHKA was the first church to join the Faculty of Theology at UP in 1917. The previous article ‘Hervormde footprints on the Tukkie campus – a chronicle of the first fifty years’ contains the humble beginnings, the steady growth, the political background during the apartheid years, and the NHKA’s role in justifying apartheid. The 70s and the 80s was a flourishing time for the Church with a steady growth in membership, an increase in the number of lecturers and students, and more or less enough money to sustain theology education at UP. During the nineties there was a decrease in membership numbers with the pivot point in 1992: from thereon there was a steady decline which was accelerated by the church schism in 2011 and onward. The two Sections of the NHKA and the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK), Section A and B, became one in 2000. The Reformed Theology College (RTC), with the aim of church specific education for students of the NHKA, was also established in 2000 with prof. T.F.J. Dreyer as the first head. In November 2015 a student protest action #FeesMustFall rocked the foundation of higher education in South Africa. The issue of language and curriculum as aftermath of the protest actions was also at stake during 2016. During 2017 the centennial celebration of the Faculty of Theology at UP will take place. It coincides with REFO 500 – the commemoration of 500 years of the Reformation.
Highlights
Description: This research is part of the project, ‘Contextualized Reformed Theology in South Africa’, directed by Dr Andre Ungerer of the Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria
This article is about the 2nd half (50 years) of the centenary of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA) at the University of Pretoria (UP)
The 70s and the 80s was a flourishing time for the Church with a steady growth in membership, an increase in the number of lecturers and students, and more or less enough money to sustain theology education at UP
Summary
This article is about the 2nd half (50 years) of the centenary of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA) at the University of Pretoria (UP). Hierdie artikel handel oor die tweede helfte van die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA) se honderdjarige verbintenis met die Universiteit van Pretoria (UP). Die eerste drie dekades handel oor die uitbou van die Fakulteit wat hand aan hand met die hoogbloei van die NHKA geloop het. Die jaar 2000 is gekenmerk deur ingrypende verandering deurdat die Fakulteit se vorige bedeling met Afdeling A van die NHKA en Afdeling B van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) tot een veelkerklike fakulteit versmelt het. Oberholzer (2010) se artikel: Oberholzer, J.P., 2010, ‘Evaluering en selfinterpretasie 1971–1980’, in ‘Honderd Jaar Kerk en Teologiese Opleiding: ’n Kroniek van die Hervormde Kerk’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, suppl.
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