The article discusses the urgent need for Africanisation (or indigenisation) of the Church in South Africa and calls for the building on the work of the missionaries and more black clergy. Letters in response to the article are included.
Archive record
Africanisation of the Church

- Origin date
- October 1957
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Africanisation of the Church. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113077
South African History Online (2016) 'Africanisation of the Church', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113077 (Accessed: 20 July 2026).
South African History Online, Africanisation of the Church [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113077, (accessed 20 July 2026).
"Africanisation of the Church." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113077. Accessed 20 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Africanisation of the Church." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113077.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Sol Plaatje University
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