Apostolic Church of South Africa – Apostle Unity

[1] In 1889, Evangelist Carl George Klibbe arrived in South Africa to begin his mission work for the Apostolic Church.

A break occurred between the young Niemeyer and Klibbe when, in 1925, Apostle Wilhelm Niemeyer appointed Hendrik Velde as Apostle for Africa, and Velde and his followers founded a separate Church from Klibbe, named The Apostolic Church of South Africa.

On 27 September 1956 Velde died after a traffic accident in Wynberg, Cape Town.

[3] Due to the "Botschaft" of the Chief Apostle Johann Gottfried Bischoff, the New Apostolic Church suffered serious conflicts in the 1950s.

[3] The sudden death of Apostle Velde caused them to cancel a previously arranged meeting with the excommunicated group.

In Cape Town, they reached an agreement on 23 November 1956 to merge the two churches.

In July 1956, the excommunicated group joined the newly founded International Federation of the United Apostolic Church.

[3] On 14 May 1972, two new apostles were ordained: Johannes Philippus Erasmus (1943) and Josua Jeremia Joubert (1932).