Special awards/tributes

Over the years the Governing Body/Board of Members/Executive Committee decided to honour certain persons and institutions with special awards as recognition of their contribution to the promotion of Christian publications.

The following persons received these special awards:

1995: Dr WJ van Zijl (retired Executive Chairperson of NG Kerk-Uitgewers/Lux Verbi)
1995: Mrs Reneé Heyns (widow of prof JA Heyns who won the Andrew Murray Prize three times)
1997: Prof PA Verhoef (for his contribution over many years to the development of theology in South Africa, especially as Bible translator)
2000: Mr Chris Johnsen (for his contribution over many years to the promotion of the Christian book trade in South Africa)
2002: Ds Solly Ozrovech (as the most-read Christian writer in South Africa today)
2004: Dr Frits Gaum (for his contribution over many years to the promotion of Christian publications in Afrikaans)
2006: Rev Hans Linde (for his contribution over many years as the secretary of the Andrew Murray Prize Fund)
2007: Christian Literature Fund (in acknowledgement of the work CLF has done over the past 50 years by publishing and distributing Christian literature in the languages of Southern Africa).
2009: Kerkbode(with the 160th birthday of this paper; Kerkbode is the oldest Afrikaans paper still existing in the country)
2011: Emeritus archbishop Desmond Tutu (for his contribution, also through his publications, to reconciliation in South Africa)
2012: Rev Koos Oosthuysen (for the translation of the Bible in isiXhosa)
2013: Mr Neels Jackson (for his skilful and reliable reporting on religious and church issues)
2014: Ms Adri-Louise van Renen-Fourie (for her extraordinary contribution to Afrikaans Christian/church journalism)
2015: Rev Gerrit Kritzinger (for his contribution in the translation and distribution of the Bible.)
2015: Mr Roucher du Toit for his contribution to retain the organ as “king of the music instruments” in church and society.
2016: Mr Chris Lamprecht (the Andrew Murray-FAK-award for his contribution to Christian music, especially church music)
2016: Dr Gerdrie van der Merwe (as author of several books about the history of Dutch Reformed congregations, and his collection of historical and theological books and Africana)
2017: Annalise Wiid (the Andrew Murray-FAK-award for her contribution to Afrikaans Christian music)
2017: Dr Pieter Fourie (an Andrew Murray-Desmond Tutu-award for his contribution to the Christian media in South Africa)
2017: Rev Johan Smit (1943-2016) (posthumous; author of numerous Christian books)
2017: Winnie Rust (1939-2016) (posthumous; author of prose-fiction in which Andrew Murray and his “het lieve Wellington” played an important part)