Verenigende Gereformeerde Kerk In SA | 21 Enslin St, Prince Albert, 6930, Western Cape

In 1652 the Dutch formed a halfway station at the Cape, which was approximately halfway between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies, and introduced slavery by whites.

Various foreign mission organisations started working in South Africa, which led to the formation of a number of denominations amongst those people who otherwise would have been excluded from the main churches, largely over issues of race.

This process motivated the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) in South Africa to start its own independent mission work.

In 1857 the NGK synod decided to have separate services for coloured (mixed race) members.

A separate church, the Dutch Reformed Mission Church (DRMC) was formed in 1881.