Bookpurnong, SA - Pilger of Zion Lutheran
Year Built: 1924
Denomination: Lutheran
Address: Berri Loxton Road, Bookpurnong, South Australia, 5333
Architect: Unknown
Last Updated: 20/06/2024
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History and Architecture:
In 1900 three pioneer Lutheran families worshipped in the Pfeiffer home adjacent the River Murray at Bookpurnong. A pug and pine church building with a thatched roof was erected nearby in the following year. By 1910 an influx of Lutheran settlers led to the formation of a congregation under the guidance of Pastor LE Kuss of Loxton. Shortly after he was succeeded by his son Pastor M Kuss who served the newly formed Loxton parish which included Bookpurnong and Paringa.
Foundation members included the Pfeiffer, Nitschke, Schwarz, Quast, Hombsch, Obst and Rothe families.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 - 1910 | Pastor Ludwig Erdmann Kuss | IS | 1859 | 1940 |
| 1910 - 1922 | Pastor Martin Kuss | IS | 1887 | |
| 1922 - 1940 | Pastor Carl Wilhelm Julius Meier | UELCA | 1875 | 1943 |
| 1941 - 1950 | Pastor Carl Julius Pfitzner | UELCA | 1906 | 2001 |
| 1950 - 1957 | Pastor Hugo Stiller | UELCA | 1908 | 1969 |
| 1957 - 1963 | Pastor Leonard Walter Loffler | UELCA | 1917 | 2015 |
| 1963 - 1968 | Pastor John Lloyd Boehm | UELCA | 1931 | 1972 |
| 1965 - 1972 | Pastor Johannes Morgans Larsen | UELCA | 1903 | 1990 |
| 1965 - 1975 | Pastor Douglas John Radke | UELCA & LCA | 1933 | 1990 |
| 1973 - 1979 | Pastor Colin R. Helbig | LCA | ||
| 1976 - 1980 | Pastor Lowell John Sheldahl | LCA | ||
| 1980 - 1988 | Pastor Christopher Mark Bartholomaeus | LCA | ||
| 1981 - 1987 | Pastor Paul Clarence Fielke | LCA | ||
| 1988 - 1992 | Pastor John Andrew Gerhardy | LCA | ||
| 1989 - 1994 | Pastor Joseph Hermann Gerhard Kirchner | LCA | ||
| 1993 - 1996 | Pastor John Martin Borchert | LCA | ||
| 1996 - 2005 | Pastor Christopher Stephen Gallasch | LCA | ||
| 1997 - 2000 | Pastor Neil Theodor Stiller | LCA | ||
| 2001 - 2006 | Pastor Maek Robert Schultz | LCA | ||
| 2005 - | Pastor Darrin L. Kohrt | LCA |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. Lutheran Archives with permission.
2. Historical Board at front of Church.