Word: mamelodi
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...apostasy would probably lead to his removal from Stellenbosch. Pondering what to do, "I prayed to God to show me a way," he says. "The very next day I received the call in a telegram. As I read it, I burst into tears." A 1,000-member church in Mamelodi, a black township outside Pretoria, was inviting him to become a pastor. Smith immediately said...
...people, their hopes and their fears," he says. "According to Christian principles, the present policy is not justified. There must be change." Perhaps it will come in the future. For now, however, Smith and his wife have moved into a modest house in a whites-only section just beyond Mamelodi township. He would like to live among his parishioners, but his new church is located in an area restricted to blacks...