Until 1955, services in Walvis Bay were held in the Freemasons' lodge and later in the courthouse, members' houses, and the Emma Hoogenhout Primary School meeting hall.
In 1961, a third of the church building was completed, including the pews and communion altar, and 40 chairs had been purchased.
Hendrik Willem (Hennie) Schutte was invested in his first congregation, the Walvis Bay Reformed Church, on January 15, 1995, shortly after his graduation in 1994.
On Sunday, May 21, 1995, a fine service in Walvis Bay was followed by the usual coffee klatch of the worshipers with the Schuttes before they left for Swakopmund.
That day around 10:25 AM, and barely 3 km out of Walvis Bay in an area known as "the long turn," a vehicle hit their car where Sandra was sitting.
Schutte was admitted to the local hospital in critical condition and transferred to intensive care in Bloemfontein, where both his parents and in-laws waited in a month-long vigil for his recovery.
Hennie laat in 1995 terug na Walvisbaai en bedien die gemeente met baie seën en toewyding tot in 2001, toe hy ‘n beroep na GK Pretoria-Wes aanvaar.