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===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
The Congregational Church in southern Africa was founded by two strands – one from Europe and one from America. | |||
The London Missionary Society (LMS) founded the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa in 1799 with the arrival of Dr Johannes van der Kemp and his team. Most of the early missionaries of the LMS came either from the Reformed Churches of northern Europe or the Calvinist atmosphere of Scotland. | |||
Dr John Philip, superintendent of the LMS in South Africa, invited the first party of the American Board missionaries (ABM), led by Daniel Lindley and Newton Adams, to come to South Africa in 1835.<ref>"South Africa Synod''', United Congegational Church of South Africa, https://www.sasynod.org.za/about-sa-synod/history.html, accessed 21 March 2020.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||