Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Bethlehem (1860-present)
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The Bethlehem Congregation in Adelaide was the third Lutheran congregation formed and, before the formation of the Lutheran Church of Australia in 1966, was part of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia/Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia.
Background
The Bethlehem Church formed in 1860 due to doctrinal differences in both the Pirie Street Lutheran Congregation (St Stephen's) and the Angas Street Lutheran Congregation (Trinity). Trinity had been formed by the Dresden missionaries Teichelmann and Schürmann in 1849 while the congregation that became had formed
Formation
Locations
Photo gallery
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Congregation 1920 [SLSA PRG-280-1-20-260
Church Interior c 1905 with Pastor Koch [SLSA B-31370
