DIE Verenigde Gereformeerde Kerk Graaff-Reinet het Sondag as deel van die gemeente se 200-bestaansjaarvieringe met dank teruggedink aan die baanbrekerswerk van die Graaff-Reynetsche Zendelings Genootschap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emerituspredikant Gawie Basson het die volgende interessanthede oor di\u00e9 organisasie te vertelle gehad:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op 1 Augustus 1819 is die Graaff-Reynetsche Zendelings Genootschap onder leiding van dr. Abraham Faure van die Nederduits Gerefor-meerde gemeente Graaff-Reinet gestig. Graaff-Reinet was toe pas 33 jaar oud, die NG Gemeente net 27 jaar, en die dorp was \u2019n blote gehuggie op die verre voorpos van die land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die eerste sendeling was eerwaarde Albert van Lingen, \u2019n Nederlander. Hy het nie net geestelike werk onder die slawe en Khoisan-mense gedoen nie, maar ook \u2019n skool begin om mense te leer lees. Die skool was aanvanklik in \u2019n kamer van sy woonhuis, maar toe die leerlingtal toeneem het die kerkgebou (ingewy in 1821) ook as skoolgebou gedien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die leraar het met sy eie hande skoolbanke gemaak. Hierdie beskeie begin het gelei tot die totstandkoming van die latere Lingcom NG Sendingkerkskool in Grovestraat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eerwaarde Van Lingen moes dikwels lang afstande te voet afl\u00ea om kerkdienste te hou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As mens in gedagte hou dat \u2019n reisiger in 1812 in sy dagboek aangeteken het hoe inwoners saans leeus in die Sondagsrivier kon hoor brul, kry jy \u2019n idee van die omgewing waarin die vroe\u00eb Graaff-Reinetters geleef het, en die uitdagings en gevare wat di\u00e9 toegewyde bedienaar van die Woord moes trotseer om sy roeping te vervul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eerwaarde Van Lingen is opgevolg deur eerwaardes Andreas en Corporaal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle dienstye was baie kort, maar beide het baie gedoen om die skool en Sondagskool verder uit te brei. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die vierde sendeling, eerwaarde Auke Compaan, het diep spore getrap in die sendinggemeenskap van Graaff-Reinet. Hy was \u2019n gebore Frieslander, en \u2019n opgeleide en ervare seeman wat later Suid-Afrika sy tuiste gemaak het. Aanvanklik was hy \u2019n onderwyser en later boekhouer in die Aberdeen-distrik. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1865 het Compaan, op uitnodiging van ds. Andrew Murray Sr, sendeling geword in Graaff-Reinet en dit gebly tot met sy uittrede in 1914. Hy was stigter van die plaaslike tak van die IOTT (Independent Order of True Templars), \u2019n afskaffersvereniging wat drankmisbruik en dronkenskap beveg het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens ds. Basson, self \u2019n voormalige predikant van die VGK gemeente in Graaff-Reinet, was hierdie vier vroe\u00eb voorgangers baanbrekers en rolmodelle, nie net in die gemeente nie, maar ook in die gemeenskap van Graaff-Reinet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het gedink aan die teks in Hebre\u00ebrs 13:7 wat ons herinner om te \u2018Dink aan julle voorgangers wat die woord van God aan julle verkondig het.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSaam met die eerste sendelinge was daar die talle kerkraadslede, verenigingsleiers en lidmate wat in eie kring en in eie reg navolgens-waardige voorgangers vir die gemeente was gedurende die eerste 62 jaar van sy bestaan,\u201d s\u00ea ds. Basson. \u201cOns gedenk hulle en ook al die voorgangers in die gemeente oor die afgelope twee eeue.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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