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Nederlandssprekende Hervormde Gemeente Maranatha (Reformed Church Maranatha) Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng Nico LAMBOOY: Architect

Date: 1960 Type: Nederduitse Hervormde Kerk - Church Style: Dutch Modernism : Tectonic ZA Wilhelmiens Status: Extant

Construction Start: 14 May 1960 Cornerstone: Laid on 10 September 1960 (by Mrs. Knottnerus, wife of the first dominee, Ds. J.I.J Knottnerus) Church bell: Gifted by the ‘Vereeninging Zuid-Afrikaansche Stichting Moederland’ – arrived in 1962 on board the ‘MS Giessenkerk’ of the Holland-Africa Line. Bell is inscribed ‘Ik luid voor iedereen’. Additional information: Nico Lambooy was instrumental in introducing Beyers Naude to the Netherlands. (Coetzee et al: 299) Sources: COETZEE, M., MÜLLER, R., & HANSEN, L. D. (2015). Cultivating seeds of hope: conversations on the life of Beyers Naudé. Nederlandse Gemeente HOORWEG, J. W. 2018. ‘Nederlandse Gemeente Johannesburg viert 60-jaar bestaan’. Zuid Afrika Spectrum, Vol 98, No. 1, January, pp. 18–19. See: Nederlandse Gemeente WYK, T. VAN. 2018. ‘Bericht in Hervormer : Nederlandsprekende gemeente van die Hervormde Kerk vier 60 jaar. Maranatha Mare, Vol. 45, No. 2, March, p. 5