Dedication of Early South African Church Buildings

Church Buildings Dedications in South Africa (up to 1970)

On the occasion of the dedication of the Johannesburg (Ramah) chapel during October 1958, the mission president, President Glen G. Fisher, wrote the following:
“This is not the end, we are still building. The future holds great promise for our Mission, more chapels to be built, increased membership, new branches, intensified activity; what a challenge for all of us. With five beautiful chapels in the Union (of South Africa), our Church has been given status and permanency.”

“This is not the end, we are still building. The future holds great promise for our Mission, more chapels to be built, increased membership, new branches, intensified activity; what a challenge for all of us. With five beautiful chapels in the Union (of South Africa), our Church has been given status and permanency.”

Those five chapels were Mowbray, Johannesburg, Springs, Durban and Port Elizabeth. The chapels below are listed chronologically by dedication date.

City	Location	Dedication Date	Dedicated by	Position of Leader	Source
Johannesburg	395 Commissioner Street	1^st February 1925	President J. Wyley Sessions	Johannesburg Mission President	Journal History of the Church 12 Feb 1925
Cape Town	Cnr Main & Grove Rd Mowbray	Property and buildings bought 17^th Oct 1916. It was newly built and dedicated on 26 Dec 1937	Legrand P. Backman	Mission President	Evan P. Wright; Clive Nichols, “Early South African Church History – Timeline
Springs	23 11^th Street, Springs	11 July 1954	Leroy H. Duncan	Johannesburg Mission President	Cumorah Southern Messenger (CSM) July 1954 Issue, pg. 115
Johannesburg	1 Hunter Street	5^th October 1958	Elder Harold B. Lee	Apostle	Original dedication program
Durban	144 Silverton Str, Berea	12^th October 1958	Elder Harold B. Lee	Apostle	Original dedication program
Port Elizabeth	40 Prospect Rd, Warner	14^th October 1958	Elder Harold B. Lee	Apostle	Original dedication program
Bloemfontein		March 1961	Hugh B. Brown	Apostle	Evan P. Wright 1944-1970 pg. 326
Krugersdorp	62 Paul Kruger Drive, Monument	Opening – 30 Aug 1964 Dedication – 24 Sep 1966	James A. Cullimore	Member of the Quorum of the Seventy	Ken Powrie Papers ZA-01-00027; Dedication program.
Welkom	Cnr Otheloo & St. Helena Welkom	8 Sep 1967	Mark E. Petersen	Apostle	CSM Aug 1967 Pg. 199 & Sep issue
Klerksdorp	6 Korah Tamanie, Flamwood Klersdorp	10 Sep 1967 AM	Mark E. Petersen	Apostle	Ken Powrie Papers ZA-01-00027; Newspaper clipping & CSM
Germiston	Cnr Sinclair & Webber Roads Lambton Germiston	1 Sep 1969	Boyd K. Packer	Assistant to the Twelve	Church Newspaper 27 Dec 1969
Pietermaritz-burg	321 Alexandra Rd. Scottsville Pietermaritzburg	2 Sep 1969	Boyd K. Packer	Assistant to the Twelve	CSM Aug issue pg. 212
East London		3 Sep 1969	Boyd K. Packer	Assistant to the Twelve	CSM Aug issue pg. 212
Benoni	115 Woburn Avenue, Benoni	6 Sep 1969	Boyd K. Packer	Assistant to the Twelve	Church Newspaper 27 Dep 1969 & CSM
Pretoria	110 Devenish Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria	6 Sep 1969	Boyd K. Packer	Assistant to the Twelve	CSM Aug issue pg. 212
Carletonville	2 Bluebell St. Carletonville	7 Sep 1969	Boyd K. Packer	Assistant to the Twelve	CSM Aug issue pg. 212
Vereeniging	Grey Avenue, Vereeniging	7 Sep 1969	Boyd K. Packer	Assistant to the Twelve	CSM Aug issue pg. 212