01.10.2008
Following on Buysdorp, Marowe and Rantlakana, our members of the Limpopo
District under supervision of Bishop Liddle completed another two projects,
namely Mashobohleng and Chavane. Mashobohleng was inaugurated by Apostle Barnes
on 14 June 2008, and Chavane was inaugurated by Apostle Mwape on 22 June 2008.
Short Histories:
Mashobohleng: The congregation of Mashobohleng started in the house of
Sister Maria Morifi in 1970. She was testified to by the Bishop Lecton Molele of
her former church, the “Bantu Apostolic Church”. He had a dream in 1984 in that
he must join the New Apostolic Churh, which he and all his members eventually
did. In 2006 the Church reserved a piece of land from the Mashobohleng captain
to build a church building. The congregation then started to put a fence around
the piece of land and in Febuary 2008 the Limpopo District began with
construction. The church was completed in ten weeks.
Chavane: In 1996 Sister Selina contacted the head office in connection
with starting up a congregation in Chavani. She was advised to meet with the
Priest Van Niekerk who in turn arranged with Priest JJ Kemp to begin the
congregation. They started having services at the Nkensani Traditional
Authority. A few months later Sister Selina’s home was used for services. In
1997 they contacted Wisani Pre-School for use of a classroom to hold services,
to which they agreed free of charge. The first members were baptized in the same
year. At a later stage, Mr MJ Mukhari, husband of Sister Selina, donated part of
his stand to the Church and only recently were the necessary funds raised to
build a church. The members of Limpopo District, especially Louis Trichardt
congregation, donated money and helped to build the church. The church was build
with a new concept where concrete slabs were used for the walls.
