Lawrie, Douglasdu Preez, Gerald T.Dept. of Religion and TheologyFaculty of Arts2014-01-272024-04-192011/02/112011/02/112014-01-272024-04-192010https://hdl.handle.net/10566/12279Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThe Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Africa was planted towards the end of the 19th century. Within less than forty years after its inception, a separate Coloured department developed. This was not to be the last organizational development impacting upon the Coloured community within the Church. The problem that this study will seek to address is: "What factors contributed to the different organizational phases that the predominantly 'coloured' section of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Africa underwent between 1887 and 1997?" It will examine particularly the role and impact of racism on the various organizational phases.enSeventh-Day AdventistDoctrinesSouth AfricaMissionsColoured peopleThesisUniversity of the Western Cape