BAREND PERUS DE BEER; CHURCH REGISTER

Bennie de Beer next to his grandfather's grave at the Pellisier Nedrduits Gereformeerde Church in Bloemfontein (December, 2011). The name of BP De Beer also appears in the archives of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Kimberley. (Karel Johannes de Beer is behind the pulpit of the museum, November 2011)

NICHOLAAS DE BEER's GRANDSON VISITS THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN KIMBERLEY

Gert De Beer on church register

News Paper clipping above, displayed in the first Seventh-day Adventist Church museum in Kimberley.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HISTORY

Pieter Wessels, of Kimberley, became convinced about adult baptism. In the same way, while he studied the Word of God, he peruaded his family to keep the Sabbath, instead of Sunday as the Lord's day of rest. Soon, a small community of Sabbath keepers started to grow in the wild diamond fields surrounding Kimberley. They were not aware that this denomination already existed in the United States of America, however, an American digger, William Hunt, from California, brought some information of the Senth Day Adventist Church to Kimberley. This little farmer community received some donations ($250) to ask the church in the USA to send a missionary, which started it all in Africa.  Especially via Rhdes to educate the Black people of Africa.  In the process, the Sevent-day Adventist Church stated to operate in Kimberley wher the De Beer-broters were baptized. (Images will be soon uploaded).