Kreuzkirche Bellville

Founded in 1890, the church made use of a small wooden chapel in Kasselsvleiweg, Bellville South for nearly 60 years. Because of the apartheid policy at that time, the church had to move from the area in the 1950's, and the chapel continued to be used by the Lutheran coloured community. For a number of years after the move, the congregation was allowed to make use of the church hall of the NG Moed

ergemeente in Teddington street.The new church building in Middelstreet was inaugurated in 1963. In the first 50 years of the church's existence, it was served by pastors from Cape Town. Many times the services were held on Thursdays, due to the irregular time of the trains on Sunday evenings. One pastor in 1905 was left stranded in Bellville on Christmas Eve after he had conducted the service there, and had to spend the night alone in a hotel in Parow with no gas for light and the hotel manager and cook having gone home already! Pastor Wittenberg was the first full time pastor of the congregation in Bellville, followed by Pastor J Peters, who served there between 1970 and 1976. After a period of no permanent pastor, Pastor Gerhard Plüddemann took over in 1979 and served the church for 15 years. Pastor Felix Meylahn followed in his place, serving the church from 1994-2000. After he left the church, pastor Muriel Kossmann served for half a year, until Albrecht Hahne was inaugurated as the new pastor of the congregation in July 2001.