Bethlehem Church building appeal |
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| Title : | Bethlehem Church building appeal |
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| Source : | South Australian chronicle and weekly mail, 19 October 1878, p. 2, col. a | ||
| Date of creation : | 1878 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
| Dimensions : | 110 x 60 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Soon after Adelaide was founded a small group of Lutherans under Pastor Klose and Pastor Teichelmann formed a congregation and in 1849 built a church. In 1860 members of Pastor Maschmedt's congregation (unhappy with him using the pulpit to preach about his theory that the earth was a four-cornered disc) re-formed a congregation under Pastor Meischel, calling their church Bethlehem Church. In 1871 the foundation stone for the present Bethlehem Lutheran Church was laid, and the church was opened the following year. The building, designed by James Cumming, cost 3,200 pounds. Like many early churches, the building of Bethlehem was assisted by donations from individuals outside the church congregation. |
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| Related names : | Cumming, James Klose, Samuel G. Maschmedt, Johann Christian Meischel, Johann F. Teichelmann, C. G. (Christian Gottlieb), 1807-1888 Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Adelaide, S. Aust.) |
| Coverage year : | 1878 |
| Place : | Adelaide (S. Aust.); Flinders Street (Adelaide, S. Aust.) |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | 125 years, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Adelaide, Adelaide, S. Aust.: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1997 'Brief summary of the history of the Ev. Luth. Bethlehem congregation, Adelaide SA', Australian Lutheran, 20 December 1922, pp. 202-203 'Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church', Advertiser, 21 July 1871, p. 3 Ey, JMR. Early tales, the beginning of the Lutheran Church in Australia from 1838 to 1880, Adelaide: A.L. Heidrich, 1984 |
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