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Naracoorte, SA - St John's Lutheran

Year Built: 1952

Address: 1 Magarey Crescent, , Naracoorte South Australia, 5271

The Foundation stone was laid on 23 November 1952 by Rev J.F. Hansen.

New Residence, SA - Trinity Lutheran

Year Built: 1924

Address: 60 Klau Road, , New Residence South Australia, 5333

A Foundation stone reads, " Ev Luth Trinity Church This stone is laid to the Glory of God By Rev O.P. Kloeden. Oct 5 1924 1 Cor 3.11.". A Foundation stone on the Church Hall reads, " To the Glory of God Trinity Lutheran Church Hall EPH 2 vs 20 4th April 1965 Stone laid by Pastor E.C. Hempel".

North Adelaide, SA - Immanuel Lutheran

Year Built: 1955

Address: 139 Archer Street, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006

The church was founded in 1930 as a mission-outreach congregation and to serve the needs of the students and staff of the Immanuel Seminary and Immanuel College. After about 20 years of meeting in the old Methodist church building on Tynte Street, the congregation constructed a new building, designed by one of its young members, [Sir]…

North Adelaide, SA - Immanuel Lutheran (Former)

Year Built: 1882

Address: Tynte Street, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006

Formally a Primitive Methodist / Methodist Church. Now in private hands.

Nuriootpa, SA - Holy Trinity Lutheran

Year Built: 1959

Address: Corner Penrice & Park Avenue, , Nuriootpa South Australia, 5355

The Foundation stone was laid on 26 July 1959.

Nuriootpa, SA - St Petri Lutheran

Year Built: 1961

Address: Corner First & Second Street, , Nuriootpa South Australia, 5355

The first St Petri church (which has since been demolished and replaced by the current church building) was dedicated on the 10th November, 1867. In 1877 a German pipe organ was purchased, followed by the construction and installation of a bell and bell tower in 1927. A new church replaced the first church in 1961. A building…

Palmer, SA - Lutheran

Year Built: 1872

Address: Church Crescent, , Palmer South Australia, 5237

A Foundation stone was laid in 1872. An addition appears to have been added in 1927.

Para Vista, SA - Good Sherpherd Lutheran

Address: 388 Montague Road, , Para Vista South Australia, 5093

Paringa, SA - Holy Cross Lutheran

Year Built: 1952

Address: 69 Hughes Avenue, , Paringa South Australia, 5340

Lutherans in the Paringa area began arriving around 1900 and were mostly younger males looking to take on the challengers of a farming life. Initial church services were held in the home of William Stoeckel. However by 1910 the Stoeckel home had become overcrowded and the need for a church building programme was discussed. At the first…

Parrakie, SA - Lutheran

Address: 14 Price Street, , Parrakie South Australia, 5301

The name Parrakie is Aboriginal for subterranean water. The Church was IS between 1908 - 1921, U between 1921 - 1966 and L from 1967.

Pasadena, SA - Lutheran

Year Built: 1982

Address: Fiveash Drive, , Pasadena South Australia, 5042

The church was formed in August 1935 and called the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Colonel Light Gardens. However there were several services prior to this in 1933 conducted by Pastor Dr Janzow in the Colonel Light Gardens Institute. Two blocks of land in Bond Street had been purchased in 1937 for a church building however…

Penola, SA - Olivet Lutheran

Address: 11 Robe Road, , Penola South Australia, 5277

Penrice, SA - Salem Lutheran

Address: Corner Penrice Road & Murdock Street, , Penrice South Australia, 5353

The Church was first a Wesleyan Methodist Church between 1855 1911, then a Congregaonal Church between 1911 1919, and finally sold to the Lutherans.

Peterborough, SA - St Peter's Lutheran

Address: 104 Railway Terrace, , Peterborough South Australia, 5422

The UELCA and ELSA Congregations used the same Church building.

Peters Hill, SA - Lutheran

Pinnaroo, SA - Bethlehem Lutheran

Year Built: 1956

Address: 49 Hensley Street, , Pinnaroo South Australia, 5304

The Foundation stone was laid on 15 July 1956. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia first conducted services in Pinnaroo in July 1906. Early services were conducted in various homes of the local congregation. The Zion Lutheran Church was dedicated on 1Oth April 191 0. The first resident minister was Pastor 0. P. Kloeden.

Port Augusta, SA - Trinity Lutheran

Year Built: 1986

Address: 13 Dartmouth Street, , Port Augusta South Australia, 5700

A Foundation stone reads, " Let Us praise God for his glorious grace He gave us his son EPH 1.6 26.10.1986". Originally known as Martin Luther Church. It changed to Trinity in 1987.

Port Lincoln, SA - Our Saviours Lutheran

Address: 23 Flinders Highway, , Port Lincoln South Australia, 5606

This list contains the Holy Trinity Congregation Pastors the United Evangelical Congregation Pastors and the Our Saviour Congregation Pastors.

Quorn, SA- St Peter's Lutheran (Former)

Address: 15 Park Terrace, , Quorn South Australia, 5433

Renmark, SA - St John's Trinity Lutheran

Address: 66 Seventeenth Street, , Renmark South Australia, 5341

Renmark had three distinct congregations namely ELSA Trinity from 1914 to 1966, UELCA St John's from 1931 to 1966 and LCA St John's Trinity from 1967. A Foundation stone reads, " Ther Foundation can no Man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ 1 Cor 3.V.II 11th Nov 1951".

Ridgehaven, SA - Tea Tree Gully Lutheran

Address: 182 Hancock Road, , Ridgehaven South Australia, 5097

Riverton, SA - St Matthew's Lutheran

Year Built: 1864

Address: Main Street, , Riverton South Australia, 5412

Formerly a Methodist church it was erected in 1864. The Church bell was originally used at the Peter's Hill Lutheran Church.

Rosedale, SA - Trinity Lutheran

Year Built: 1860

Address: 507 Rosedale Road, , Rosedale South Australia, 3847

During the first two years, services were held in the barn of Vater Peutscher, opposite the old cemetery. The Rosenthal Lutheran Congregation was formed in 1850 by Pastor E Meyer of Bethany. A small church was built of sun dried bricks in 1852; this was replaced by the present church in 1860 and the tower added in 1910. It is a…

Rowland Flat, SA - Trinity Lutheran

Year Built: 1853

Address: Barossa Valley Way, , Rowland Flat South Australia, 5352

Trinity Lutheran established itself after the disastrous flooding of the Hoffnungsthal settlement in 1853. In I855 the congregations of Holtnunesthal and Rosedale separated from Bethany. Around the same time the Hoffnungsthal members in the Rowland Flat area decided to form their own congregation. J.G. Schulz a member of the…

Roxby Downs, SA - Lutheran

Address: 95 Pioneer Drive, , Roxby Downs South Australia, 5725

Saddleworth, SA - Zion Lutheran

Year Built: 1905

Address: Corner Burra & Michael Streets, , Saddleworth South Australia, 5413

Pastor J. Homann began Lutheran services in the Saddleworth area in 1905. The first of these services was held on 3 March 1905, five families attending on that occasion. They first held services in the Institute or in the adjoining Lodge Room, and later the Baptist Church was hired until their own church was completed in 1925. Progress…

Salisbury, SA - The Ark Lutheran

Address: 10 Waterloo Corner Road, , Salisbury South Australia, 5108

Sedan, SA - Pilgrims of Zion Lutheran

Year Built: 1914

Address: Sedan Hill Road, , Sedan South Australia, 5353

The first church services in the town were held in Pfeiffer House. The first Church was dedicated on the 23rd November 1873 with sixteen foundation members. It was also used as a Lutheran school until 1911. The second Church was built in 1914.

Semaphore, SA - Lutheran

Address: 121 Military Road, , Semaphore South Australia, 5019

Snowtown, SA - St Luke's Lutheran

Year Built: 1966

Address: Tenth Street, , Snowtown South Australia, 5520

The first Lutheran settler in the Snowtown area was Gottlieb Ferdinand Welke who settled there in 1873. More families arrived in later years and formed the Condowie congregation. However the first Lutheran services in Snowtown were conducted in 1951 by Pastor R.F. Blaess of Balaclava under the ELCA banner. Numbers were small and…

South Kilkerran, SA - St John's Lutheran

Address: 17 Point Pearce Road, , South Kilkerran South Australia, 5573

Springton, SA - St John's Lutheran

Year Built: 1859

Address: Hamilton's Road, , Springton South Australia, 5235

Originally called Black Springs, Springton requested its first pastor in 1859 after the first arrivals came to the area in 1855. Pastor Hensel from the Blumberg parish was to conduct the first services for the community at a cost of £20.00 and 15 bushels of wheat per year. George Fife Angus donated four acres of land for a church…

Stockwell, SA - St Thomas' Lutheran

Year Built: 1904

Address: Duck Ponds Road, , Stockwell South Australia, 5355

The Church was erected in 1904.

Strathalbyn, SA - Lutheran

Year Built: 1955

Address: Commercial Street, , Strathalbyn South Australia, 5255

A Foundation stone was laid on 16 May 1954.

Tailem Bend, SA - St John's Lutheran

Tailem Bend, SA - Trinity Lutheran

Year Built: 1912

Address: 10 Seymour Street, , Tailem Bend South Australia, 5259

Lutherans came to this area mainly from the Callington and Monarto areas where Lutheran congregations and churches already existed. Each of these congregations belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia. Pastor F Koschade commenced services as Westbrook in 1899 and later in Moorland The Callington congregation withdrew…

Tanunda, SA - Langmeil Lutheran

Year Built: 1888

Address: 7 Maria Street, , Tanunda South Australia, 5352

Langmeil Thanksgiving Congregation is one of the oldest Lutheran congregations in the country. Early services were held in the private homes of members and the congregation dedicated its first church on 26th December 1846. It was demolished in 1888. Named after a village in Germany, Langmeil was settled by a group of German emigrants…

Tanunda, SA - St John's Lutheran

Year Built: 1860

Address: 11 Jane Place, , Tanunda South Australia, 5352

Due to a rift in Pastor Kavel's congregation, fifty-four members of the Langmeil Church formed their own congregation in 1860. They later bought and renovated a store which became Church and later manse. Present Church dedicated 1868. Bells donated in 1887, the larger of which is still rung at sun down on Saturday evening. Also of…

Tanunda, SA - St Paul's Lutheran

Year Built: 1903

Address: Murray Street, , Tanunda South Australia, 5352

The origins of the St Paul's goes back to 1903 when the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia first conducted preaching services in Tanunda. These services were held in the home of Mr J. A. Pfeiffer. St. Paul's was formed on 16th February 1904 with six families living at Tanunda (Messrs. J. G. Heinrich, F. W. Wilhelm, W. Schulz, J.…

Tanunda, SA - Tabor Lutheran

Year Built: 1849

Address: 77 Murray Street, , Tanunda South Australia, 5352

A number of pioneer families in the district organised the Free Evangelical Lutheran Tabor Congregation on 1 October 1850 under Dr Carl Muecke, Pastor, educator and journalist. The first Church was built in 1849, extended in 1871 and in 1910, and completely renovated in 1970. It has three bells in the tower, and an orb on top which…

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State: South Australia, Denomination: Lutheran