ran ia ▁residents ▁from ▁various ▁parts ▁of ▁South ▁Africa ▁meant ▁that ▁new com ers ▁brought ▁a ▁relatively ▁large ▁variety ▁of ▁denomin ations ▁to ▁their ▁new ▁town . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁years , ▁all ▁denomin ations ▁shared ▁one ▁church ▁building . ▁On ▁important ▁hol id ays ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Day ▁of ▁the ▁V ow ▁inter den omin ational ▁services ▁are ▁held . ▁Work ▁stops ▁on ▁Sund ays , ▁except ▁for ▁services ▁that ▁are ▁de emed ▁essential . ▁ ▁The ▁A frika anse ▁Protest ant se ▁K erk ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁first ▁church ▁to ▁be ▁established ▁in ▁O ran ia . ▁The ▁con greg ation ▁counts ▁ 1 4 5 ▁members . ▁The ▁church ▁is ▁a ▁pre fab ric ated ▁building , ▁the ▁only ▁church ▁in ▁O ran ia ▁with ▁a ▁ste e ple . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁black ▁journal ists ▁were ▁prevent ed ▁from ▁att ending ▁a ▁service ▁in ▁the ▁A frika anse ▁Protest ante ▁K erk . ▁ ▁The ▁Dutch ▁Re formed ▁Church ▁in ▁O ran ia ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁when ▁it ▁det ached ▁from ▁the ▁Hop et own ▁con greg ation . ▁The ▁church ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ring ▁( pres by tery ) ▁of ▁Hop et own ▁and ▁the ▁syn od ▁of ▁the ▁Northern ▁Cape . ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Re formed ▁Church ▁in ▁O ran ia ▁voted ▁against ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁D