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The St. Martini Lutheran Church in Cape Town.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Cape Church) is a
Lutheran church in some of the Western Provinces of
South Africa . The Cape Church is a member of the
Lutheran World Federation . It has 4,223
baptized members.
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History
By 1741, 509 Lutherans were living in Cape Town and in 1742 petitions were sent to the
Dutch East India Company to allow a Lutheran church to be built.
[2] The Dutch East India Company initially refused but finally relented and gave permission for a church on 23 October 1779. The church at its inception had 441 founding parishioners.
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Early Pastors
This list is incomplete. The years of service, where known, are indicated in brackets.
A.L. Kolver (1780-1789). The first Lutheran Pastor of the church.
[4]
C.H.F. Hesse (1801- 1816)
[5]
F Kaufmann
[6]
K van Staveren
[7]
J.G. Stegman (1836)
[8]
C.A. Bamberger
[9]
L. Parisius (1851-1872)
[10]
Dr Hugo Hahn (1873-1884)
[11]
G.W. Wagener (1893-1920). Long serving pastor who authored the
Süd Afrikanischer Volks Kalender from 1887-1890.
[12]
Pastor Von Propst (1922-1927)
[13]
Pastor Hoberg (1928-1954)
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