Matters related to money were fundamental to the causes of the formation of Ethiopian-type churches. These included inter alia the raising of funds abroad and the subsequent need to control such funds by white ministers, delay or refusal of ordination due to cost factors and differentials in stipends, lack of or poor allowances, lack of trust in the use of funds, p...

The article discusses the formation of the Bantu Presbyterian Church of South Africa in the 19th century to early 20th century. Topics include the early history of Scottish missions in the country under the order of the Church of Scotland, the role of Reverend Pambani J. Mzimba in the formation of the church, and the effects of the Mzimba secession from the Scottis...

This article seeks to explore the origins and development of the variant branches of South African Presbyterianism, originating in Scotland in the context of mission and migration. All mission involves migration, primarily as a physical, geographical movement. But there are other forms of migration that take place within the context; these are social, economic, pol...