Bethania, QLD - Lutheran
Year Built: 1872
Denomination: Lutheran
Address: 73 Church Road, Bethania, Queensland, 4205
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Yugambeh people
Last Updated: 26/04/2024
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History and Architecture:
The church was built in 1872 from locally sourced handmade bricks, timber and shingles. It replaced an earlier slab church built in 1864. The building consists of a rectangular double height nave with square projections at both ends. The gable roofs over the two projecting rooms are lower than the nave roof. At the eastern end is a 1972 concrete block entry vestibule that replaced a timber entry porch.
A plaque reads, "1864 - 1964 To Commemorate the Centenary of the arrival of the Lutheran Pioneers in this area who in 1872 erected this church. PSLM 00.V1".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1864 - 1865 | Pastor Johann Gottfried Haussmann | I | 1811 | 1901 |
| 1867 - 1876 | Pastor Carl G. Hellmuth | I | 1827 | 1895 |
| 1879 - 1883 | Pastor Martin Eberhardt | UGSLSQ | 1854 | |
| 1884 - 1900 | Pastor Joachim Frederich August Sueltmann | UGSLSQ | 1831 | 1909 |
| 1901 - 1923 | Pastor Frederich Otto Theile | UGSLSQ | 1880 | 1945 |
| 1923 - 1936 | Pastor Rudolph Berthold Reuther | UELCA | 1897 | 1973 |
| 1936 - 1959 | Pastor Arthur Richard Reuther | UELCA | 1891 | 1969 |
| 1959 - 1964 | Pastor Dudley James Liebelt | UELCA | 1926 | 2016 |
| 1964 - 1969 | Pastor Clem Clifford Zanker | UELCA & LCA | 1926 | 2016 |
| 1970 - 1971 | Pastor Breton Roy Minge | LCA | ||
| 1971 - 1974 | Pastor Rodney Herbert Beh | LCA | 1943 | 2005 |
| 1975 - 1979 | Pastor Keith Milton Scholz | LCA | 1929 | 2018 |
| 1980 - 1982 | Pastor Roland Oswald Nuske | LCA | 1948 | 1992 |
| 1983 - 1990 | Pastor Stephen Gary Nuske | LCA | ||
| 1990 - 1998 | Pastor Thomas David Jantke | LCA | ||
| 2000 - 2007 | Pastor Alan Raymond Dahms | LCA | 1942 | 2017 |
| 2009 - 2016 | Pastor Michael Cedric Neldner | LCA | 1960 | 2013 |
| 2018 - | Pastor A. Pekka Laihia | LCA |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. Lutheran Archives with permission.
2. Wikipedia