Afrikaner, Jesaja (Jesia)
* 20.3.1930, Gibeon † .


Baptized: 30.03.1930. Confirmed: 17.11.1946.
Completed Std. I.
Worked as a Worker before joining the Church.1

Jesia was the name of his grandfather.
Father: Jakob Afrikaner
Mother: Sannah Afrikaner (neé Pienaar)
He was an elder in the congregation of Mariental, while Wessler was RMS missionary in the village). He worked in a pharmacy and with the South African Railways.
It was his pastor Gert Beukes and RMS missionary Dittmer who advised him to become an Evangelist.
Attended the evangelist course in Otjimbingwe 1965-67.
"Wat Otto Milk gesę het is die wet! Hy verduidelik vir jou woord vir woord."
1967-69 he was a trumpet player.
1969-71 he was placed as an Evangelist at the Uis mine "[...] amongst the Damaras." Here he had to do everything when he was alone.
Member of the ELK (Rynse Sendingkerk) Synod 29.06. - 03.07.1970 in Otjimbingwe.2
1971-74 in Gobabis (During his work in the congregations he was not giving the sacraments).
1974-76 Leonardville
1977-78 Gibeon
In 1978 he resigned from the work, "[...] because of the conditions of my parents. Ek moes alles doen: sendingsreise, gemeentebesoeke plaaslik, gemeentebesoeke buitekant, begrawe, nagmaalbediening, dienste hou, kerk skoonmaak. Julle doen net een werk in die gemeente en julle moet mekaar se hande vat. Die pastoor is nie hoer nie. Wat die Evangelis terughou, is, dat die pastoor die stola aantrek." When he celebrated services he put on a short, black jacket "[...] soos 'n baaidjie."
After leaving the work as an Evangelist he worked for the Administration as a worker. After that he worked for Kriess as a builder and they mostly build schools.
Mentioned in list of evangelists who were not present at conference of evangelists in Okahandja August 1968,3
Mentioned in "Notule Kerkbestuurvergadering" of 14-16.11.1972 p. 4 in the meeting of the churchboard in which he was suspended from his duty as Evangelist,

"Bedanking von Evangelis Jesaja Afrikaner. Sy twee briewe word die Kerkbestuur voorgelę. In die tweede brief meld br. Afrikaner, dat hy buite sy huwelik met ´n jonk ongetroude vrou verhouding aangeknoop het. Sy verwag ´n kind van hom, en daarom voel hy self om nie langer daardie amp te beklee nie.
[...]
Die Kerkbestuur is hieroor getref, want dit is altyd vir die Kerk moeilik om ´n evangeliedienaar te verloor, omdat die gebrek aan medewerkers groot is. Tog word br. Afrikaner deur die Kerkbestuur geskors, maar word ook aan die sielesorgelike diens van die Kerk oorgedra." (underscore in original text)4

Mentioned as Evangelist who was present at the conference of evangelists in October 1971 in Okahandja,5 from Uis.
In the meeting of 28./29.04.1976 the Church Board decides to re-locate Afrikaner to the congregation Leonardville.6
In its meeting of January 1977 the Church Board decides to request to re-locate Afrikaner to the congregation Gibeon, since his present congregation would not be able to pay for another co-worker. By September 1977, Afrikaner has resigned from his position as an Evangelist.7

Married:
Married on 31.12.1959 to Elisabeth, born 18.12.1918 in Gibeon (no surname given).
Children: 
Stefanus			14.05.1951
Hansina			24.12.1952
Anna				26.02.1958
Franzina			24.01.1961

Education:

Other family members connected to RMS:

Mission Stations:
Congregations:
Uis			01.02.1968 - Okt. 1968
With the trumpet choir in Germany in 1969
Uis			Jan. 1970 - 
Gobabis

History with the RMS:


1 AELCRN Cardsystem of the co-workers, n.N.
2 Vierde Sinodesitting van die Evangeliese Lutherse Kerk in Suidwes-Afrika (Rynse Sendingkerk).
3 AELCRN "Evangeliste-Konferensies 68, 71, 73".
4 AELCRN "Notule Kerkbestuurvergadering" of 14-16.11.1972 p. 4.
5 Evangeliste-Konferensies 1968, 1971, 1973. Notule p. 5.
6 AELCRN 02-11/06 KB-Notule Januarie - Desemb. 1976:n.N.
7 AELCRN 02-11/06 Kerkbestuur-Notule 1977:n.N.
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