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Tabor Lutheran Church

Tanunda, SA 5352

Church Information

Church Name:	Tabor Lutheran Church
Church Previous Name:	-
Denomination:	Lutheran
Street Address:	77 Murray St, Tanunda SA 5352, Australia
Suburb:	Tanunda
State:	SA
Postcode:	5352
Foundation Stone Laid:	unknown
Foundation Stone Notes:	No Foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details are known. Information/photographs are invited. A plaque on the rock beside the entrance in front of the church records: This Garden Area of - Tabor Lutheran Church - is the burial place of many of the - early members of the congregation- between the years 1850 ~ 1865 - (The names of those buried here - are recorded in the vestry). - "I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" John 11: 25, 26.
Date Opened:	00-00-1850
Date Closed:	unknown
Email:	admin@churchesaustralia.org

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The Tabor Lutheran Church, Tanunda is part of the Bethany/Tabor Lutheran Parish. The church was established by the Free Evangelical Lutheran Church. The first church building was erected in 1849, dedicated in 1850, rebuilt/extended in 1870 and extended again in 1910. The building was completely renovated in 1970. The original cemetery was in front of the church building, but relocated in the 1860s. No other details are known. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photograph uploaded 6/11/2021.

Note: Photograph attribution/source - By Sardaka 08:50, 5 March 2008 (UTC) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3663099

For more of the church story see - Tabor Lutheran Church, Tanunda 1850-1975. /H W Hoffman. Bib ID 2927880. Not sighted.

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Last Updated: Saturday 6th November, 2021