Journal article containing the statement by the Acting General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, John Rees and other church leaders on the decision of the Transkeian Government to ban the Methodist Church and other Statements. Note that the document is barely legible in some sections.
Archive record
Statement by the Acting General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches...

- Origin date
- October 1958
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Statement by the Acting General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches... . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113114
South African History Online (2016) 'Statement by the Acting General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches... ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113114 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Statement by the Acting General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches... [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113114, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Statement by the Acting General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches... ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113114. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Statement by the Acting General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches... ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113114.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →