Abstract:
This article covers the time from 1985 to 1992 in the history of the Swaziland Reformed Church
(SRC). In 1985, for the first time in its existence, the SRC had four missionaries working in the
four districts of the country. At this stage the SRC formed a presbytery within the synodical
region of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA) of Northern Transvaal. In 1989 – at its
own request – this church became a regional synod within the DRCA. However, not long
thereafter, in 1992, it was forced to become an independent Reformed church, even though it
still remained part of the family of Dutch Reformed churches. Making use of original
documents, this article records this history of the SRC.
