NATIVE INDEPENDENT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH -NICC

The Native Independent Congregational Church (NICC) seceded from the London Missionary Society
in 1885. The NICC was founded by Chief Kgantlapane of the Ba Ga Maidi Tribe at Manthe after the
seceding congregation appealed to him for assistance in order to set up own church.
This church is therefore came to be through support by the royal family of ba ga Maidi under Kgosi
Kgantlapane.
The narrative has it that the missionary churches such as LMS and others were not friendly to African
traditions and as a result members were punished for cultural practices such as Mophato, Badimo
etc.
The royal leadership then, spearheaded this break away from LMS and recruited baruti for the
church to establish Christian faith that accommodates cultural venerations and customs of the
African (Batlhaping) people. This break away was similar to the Anglican Church which the British
royal family started when they turn away from the Roman Catholic Church.
Traditional leadership of Ba ga Maidi led by kgosi recruited notable ministers or Baruti to lead this
group of the faithful under the name Native Independent Congregational Church (NICC) and Baruti
such as Moruti Moshaoa were some of the leading preachers of its time. The church continued to
use the same UCCSA hymn book.
Kereke e e tlhamilwe ke bogosi jwa ga Maidi, ke ka moo bontsi jwa dikgosi enneng ele karolo ya
kereke e jaaka kgosi kgantlapane, Kgosi Tshite Motlhabane, mo Picong.
Ka nnete kereke e simologile mo ga Maidi mo Manthe jaaka ntlo kgolo ya yone mo Afrika borwa,
yotlhe ele Manthe.
Kereke ya NICC e tlile mo Pitsong ele karolo ee ka fatlase ga kereke e kgolo ya Manthe.
Mo motsing wa Picong Moruti Stone Sebico Sebico ke mongwe wa batho ba bailing ba etelela kereke
e pele. O ile a tlhatlhoga go nna Moruti mo kerekeng wa leruri kereke.
Morafe wa Picong o tshwanetse ke go leboga Moruti Sebico go bo a nnele sekao se sentle sa
boeteledipele mo kerekeng. One ale sekao sa botlhokwa sa tirisano mmogo le bogosi, ebile ele
molekgotla ka nako ya ga kgosi Kesekwaile. Sebico one atle aa direle batho ba ba neng ba sa tsene
kereke sentle, ka go ba neela phitlho ya boutlwelo botlhoko ka go tlotla molao wa kgosi.
Kereke ya NICC e godile ka nako ya ga Moruti SS Sebico , e, a dira le baruti ba bangwe go atisa
phuthego ya NICC mo Picong
NICC ene ya nna yone kereke ee neng e ratywa that ke basha ka dinako tsa keresemose le ditebelelo
tse di nneng di tsamaisiwa ke Moruti Sebico.
Morago ga Moruti Moshaoa go ile ga latela Moruti OJ Kgaladi yoo oleng a tsweletsa kereke pele
thata.
Moruti Kgaladi o dirile le bagogi le bareri jaaka bo rre Moikitletse Mocwiri, Rre Galetshwane Mothibi
mo Picong.
Ko setlhoeng sa kereke go nnile baruti jaaka Moruti OJ Kgaladi, a latelwa ke Mookamedi/President
MJ Maruping. Mookamedi Maruping o dirile ka natla go godisa kereke e me a direla setshaba sa ba
ga Maidi le kereke ka kakaretso ka botshepegi.
President ya kereke ga jaana ke Mookamedi /President Moruti OR Moresekao.
Kereke ya NICC mo Picong e tsweletse go direla phuthego ka boeteledipele jwa bareri le bagogi ba
basha ka go latela:-. Mme Anna Gaoboihe, Mme Ester Lehihi le bo rre ,Rraneo Gaoboihe, Lenong
Manthe, Senyatso Mocwiri, le Kealeboga sibico