The Church of England in South Africa (CESA) was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. It is an Anglican church but not a member of the Anglican Communion, however it relates closely to the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. Similar to the Sydney Diocese, it sees itself as a bastion of the Reformation and particular reformed doctrine.

Its origins are amongst those congregations not joining the Church of the Province of Southern Africa when it was established in 1870. Holy Trinity Church, Cape Town formed

George Whitefield College, a theological training facility in Cape Town is modeled on Moore Theological College in Sydney Australia. The founding Principal of George Whitefield College was Dr. Broughton Knox There is also Trinity Academy in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu

Reference

• A Candle Burns in Africa - A.G. Ive
• The Rev. B.D. Cameron B.A. (Theol); Hons B. Theol.; M.Th. (University of South Africa) and based largely on a similar publication called "Why Two Churches" which was originally prepared for the Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa (Publisher - Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk)