page_title: Bethania Lutheran Church
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bethania Lutheran Church / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Bethania Lutheran Church, plaque, 2005
context_page_description: Bethania Lutheran Heritage Church is a heritage-listed church at Church Road, Bethania, City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1872 and is the oldest Lutheran church in Queensland. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
context_section_description: The church was built in 1872 from locally sourced handmade bricks, timber and shingles.
  It replaced an earlier slab church built in 1864 when a group of German immigrants who immigrated on the ship Susannah Godeffroy first settled in the area and gave it the name Bethanien. The graveyard next to the church has graves dating from 1866. In 1875, the railway line was built, passing close to the church and over the site of the earlier building.
  The shingle roof was replaced with iron in 1907 and the new pulpit was built in 1926. For the centenary celebrations in 1972 major renovations were undertaken. A new iron roof, a plywood ceiling, new lighting and leadlight windows were installed. The church, although still used, is no longer the major worship centre of the parish.
caption: Plaque commemorating the establishment of the congregation in 1864
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