Figure 1.--The photo shows a class of Sunday school in a Church of Stellenbosch, near Cape Town (South Africa). This is an Afrikaans speaking congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church. Boys and girls wear casual style clothing. |
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TWe do not know a great deal about Sunday schools in South Africa. It was the Dutch who founded a colony at the Cape (1652). We do not know to what extent the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederduits Rereformeer de Kerk) had Sunday schools in the early history of the Cape. The British seized the Capoe Colony during the Naopoleonic War. It became a Crown Colony (1814). This meant thst British churches could exert an influence in South Africa and by this time the Sunday School Movewement was growing. One author suggests that the various deominations extensively used Sunday schools to spread the faith among African communities. [Sunderland Steed, p. 356.] We have little information about the popularity od Sunday Schools in South Africa and differemnces among the different denominations, includng the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC). Sunday schools are very common in South Africa today. And this includes the DRC.
Sundkler, Bengt and Christopher Steed. A History of the Church in Africa
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