HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE REFORMED CHURCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA Secession in 1859 was inevitable, various issues gave rise to tensions between members of the Dutch Reformed Church, the State Church/Cape Church. Reason for that is the rise of Liberalism, by definition, a religion of the mind. In 1814 Evangelical hymns served as a supplement to the Psalter without being tested against the Scriptures.