Category:St. John’s Lutheran Church, Bingen, IN
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Henry C. Jaus served here. |
Brief History
- 1840s - congregation organized by a small group of German pioneer families.
Important Facts
1905 - 1915Jaus finds himself at the head of an aggressive and progressive church body.
- is located six miles south of Henry's parish in Fort Wayne, IN.
- A church history I found of the congregation reads “Since her beginning, this congregation has been dedicated to supporting families in the teaching of children through St. John Lutheran School.
- 1873 - The building that was erected in 1873 was a substantial edifice and adapted to the needs of the congregation. In addition to the church building a handsome parsonage awaited him and a fine parochial school building that had been recently built at a cost of seven thousand dollars. The combined value of the real estate held by the church, including a teacher's' home and twenty acres of land, was in the neighborhood of fifty thousand dollars.
- The church to which he had come was one that was hallowed by tradition. Since its organization by Henry Wyneken, more than a half century ago, it had been served by men whose names became famous throughout the county. Its former pastors had built the church up to its present standard, and no mean task confronted the new pastor to maintain these high standards of leadership and to further foster the growth of the church.
- Under the charge of Mr. Jaus, however, the church has developed and has grown in membership. The present number of communicants is four hundred and fifty-eight and the parochial school has a large number of pupils.” (note that the reference made to Henry Jaus is in the present tense).
Hello Mr. Baur,
The church secretary at Bingen forwarded your email to me because I am the head of the archives committee there. This is my work email but my employer doesn’t mind personal emails to work.
Pastor Jaus was our pastor from 1905 to 1915. He came to us from suburban Bethlehem of Fort Wayne and left us to take a call to Bethesda Home in Watertown. The following information is from our church records during his pastorate:
Martha Emilia Erna Jaus born March 13, 1908, baptized March 22, 1908 Lotte Jaus confirmed April 12, 1908 Clara Jaus confirmed April 19, 1911
Our congregation is actually two years older than the Missouri Synod. Many of the founding congregations are in this area of Indiana and Ohio. We have often joked that it should be the Indiana Synod.
You asked about an anniversary book of the church. We have several but the most complete is our 150th which includes confirmation pictures of every class from 1900 to 1995. Those are available for $8.00 (shipping included). If you are interested, please make the check payable to St. John Lutheran Church and mail it to me at:
Other
The Original 14 Congregations of the Missouri Synod http://www.lutheranhistory.org/history/FAQ/first14.htm
(Used by permission from the April 1997 issue of The Lutheran Witness. All rights reserved.)
The German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other States came into being on 26 April 1847 when twelve pastors, representing their congregations (one of which was a dual parish, another a two-in-one), signed the synod’s constitution. The fourteen charter congregations, as listed in the proceedings from the first convention, are these (original pastors are given in parentheses):
- First Trinity Lutheran Church, Buffalo (now Tonawanda), New York (E. M. Bürger)
- Saint John's Lutheran Church, Bingen, IN (now Decatur), Indiana (F. W. Husmann)
- Saint John Lutheran Church, Neuendettelsau (now Marysville), Ohio (A. Ernst)
- Saint John Lutheran Church, Nashville (now New Minden), Illinois (W. Scholz)
- Saint Lorenz, Frankenmuth, Michigan (F. A. Craemer)
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Mishawaka (now Bremen), Indiana (G. K. Schuster)
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana (W. Sihler)
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Femme Osage (now New Melle), Missouri (C. J. H. Fick)
- Saint Peter Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne (now North Decatur), Indiana (F. W. Husmann)
- Trinity Lutheran Church, Saint Louis, Missouri (C. F. W. Walther)
- Zion Lutheran Church, Friedheim (now Decatur), Indiana (G. H. Jäbker)
- Zion Lutheran Church, Willshire, Ohio, and, as part of a dual parish, Saint Paul Lutheran Church , Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio (J. G. Streckfuss—note: Saint Paul, Liberty Township, would eventually join the American Lutheran Church)
- The German Lutheran Church, Hassler Settlement (Peru), Illinois, and the French Lutheran Church, Saminaque (Peru), Illinois (F. W. Pöschke—note: these were considered a single congregation, now long since closed)
- Though not one of the original fourteen charter members, Pastor C. August Selle’s Chicago church—now known as First Saint Paul—was the scene of the synod’s constituting convention. With no railroads yet at their disposal, the Missouri Saxons came to Chicago via river and canal, the Ohio and Indiana men were on horseback.
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