Prior to 1894 there had been occasional services for the English Church held by visiting priests in the local Court House.
[1] In 1895 a message was again sent to the Bishop of Pretoria, telling him there was a strong feeling that he should visit the area and make arrangements to establish the church on a more permanent basis.
The first entry in the Vestry Book of the "English Church in Pietersburg" is a statement of accounts for the period 12 May 1895 to 31 March 1896.
After the war, accessible records from old Service Registers, Council Minutes and Vestry Minutes settle into a familiar pattern: car and building maintenance, fund-raising, church attendance and the arrival or departure of rectors.
The old building was showing its age, termites had got into the walls and fear was expressed that the roof would eventually become dangerous.
In March 1960, the Vicar General, Frederick Amoore, laid the foundation stone of the new hall and vestry.
Goddard, This honour was accorded him in recognition of the many years of devoted and unbroken service he had given to Christ Church since 1927.
[3] In 1995 Christ Church celebrated a hundred years of an Anglican congregation in Polokwane / Pietersburg.
The personal history of many of these rectors can be found on the Christ Church Cathedral website.