Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa

Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationAnglican and Reformed
PolityEpiscopal
Presiding bishopSiegfried Ngubane
AssociationsWorld Reformed Fellowship, GAFCON
RegionSouth Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi[1][2][3]
Origin1938
Separated fromAnglican Church of Southern Africa (then the Church of the Province of Southern Africa)
Congregations150[4]
Members100,000[5]
Official websitereachsa.org.za

The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA), known until 2013 as the Church of England in South Africa (CESA), is a Christian denomination in South Africa. It was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. It appointed its first bishop in 1955.[4] It is an Anglican church (though not a member of the Anglican Communion) and it relates closely to the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, to which it is similar in that it sees itself as a bastion of the Reformation and particularly of reformed doctrine.[6][page needed]

  1. ^ "Regions Archive | Zimbabwe". CESA. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Regions Archive | Namibia". CESA. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Regions Archive | Malawi". CESA. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b Inglesby, Desmond. "Presiding Bishop's Charge – 2011" (PDF). Church of England in South Africa. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Church Denominations in South Africa". SA Christian. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  6. ^ Ive 1992.

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