Auburn, SA - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1860
Denomination: Lutheran
Saint: John
Address: Curling Street, Auburn, South Australia, 5451
Previous Denomination: Methodist
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Ngadjuri people
Last Updated: 01/05/2024
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History and Architecture:
The Church was formerly a primitive Methodist church. Made of stone with bluestone quoins and dressings it was built by Joseph Meller in 1869 on part of an Aboriginal corroboree ground.
After church union it was used as a Sunday school then sold in 1889 to the Orange Lodge a protestant group of Irish background.
Purchased in 1927 by the Lutherans a porch and vestry have since been added. The Lutherans previously worshiped ay Pine Creek.
Clergy:
This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866 - 1867 | Pastor Christian Gottlob Teichelmann | ELSA | 1807 | 1888 |
| 1868 - 1876 | Pastor Johannes Martin Rudolph Ey | ELSA | 1837 | 1893 |
| 1877 - 1886 | Pastor Gardus Egmont Lothar Bertram | ELSA | 1849 | 1910 |
| 1887 - 1895 | Pastor August Hermann Ernst Homann | ELSA | 1838 | 1915 |
| 1895 - 1924 | Pastor Fredrich Adolf Hermann Kempe | ELSA | 1914 | 1928 |
| 1924 - 1950 | Pastor Albert Mackenzie | LCA | 1880 | 1959 |
| 1951 - 1956 | Pastor Ronald Frederick Blaess | LCA | 1923 | 2005 |
| 1957 - 1965 | Pastor Henry William Harnath | LCA | 1896 | 1970 |
| 1965 - 1977 | Pastor Clemens Victor Eckermann | LCA | 1919 | 1999 |
| 1977 - 1985 | Pastor Douglas Roy Tscharke | LCA | 1929 | 2000 |
| 1986 - 1995 | Pastor Neil Alfred Hampel | LCA | 1935 | 2020 |
| 1995 - 2000 | Pastor Leonard Oscar Gerschwitz | LCA | 1935 | 2019 |
| 2001 - 2008 | Pastor Ernest Kiss | LCA | ||
| 2009 - 2018 | Pastor James Grove Bryan | LCA | ||
| 2022 - | Pastor Michael James Steicke | LCA |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. Lutheran Archives with permission.