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The St. John's congregation was formed in 1888. It was the first English-language Lutheran congregation in Knoxville. The founding members were Lutherans of German heritage who preferred English over German, which was then used in other local Lutheran churches. Initially, they met for worship in the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church in ...
The first church was completed around 1787. The new church was completed in 1861 from material salvaged from the original church, with a belfry and bell added about 10 years later. The congregation dwindled in the late 20th century and was consolidated with that of Zion Church of Seward in 1997; the last service was held July 10, 2011.
[citation needed] In 1857, St. John's joined the Wisconsin Synod. St. Johanneskirche grew for years, building schools in 1871 and 1877. By 1889, the congregation exceeded 2,500 members, and it was time for a new, larger building. [2] St. John's hired Herman Paul Schnetzky, himself a German immigrant from Wriezen, to design the new church. [2]
The St. John's Lutheran Church of Orange, California is a Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod church. The church was founded in 1882, and its sanctuary was built in 1913-14. The building was renovated and rededicated in 1990. [2] The congregation now has more than 4,000 members and a school with 800 students.
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St. John's Lutheran Church Complex is a historic church complex, including two church buildings, a parsonage, and a cemetery, in Auburn, Nebraska, United States. The Old Stone church was built in 1867–1868, and designed by Christian Schwan, a German immigrant. [ 2 ]
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The church buildings have, at different times, been used by the Reformed Church in America and various Lutheran synods. The members of St. John's were instrumental in the founding of two Lutheran colleges—the early but now non-existent Concordia College of Conover and Lenoir-Rhyne College (now Lenoir-Rhyne University).