The former vicar of St Lawrence with St Paul's Church, Longridge, returned to the parish to receive a cheque for £2,500.
The Rev Simon Aiken received the money to help to build a church of St Matthew's in Botshabelo, South Africa.
The current church is a corrugated metal building.
The Rev Aiken is minister in the South African Diocese of Bloemfontein.
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