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St. John's Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod located in
Conover, North Carolina Conover is a city in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,421 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Hickory– Lenoir– Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area and Charlotte Metropolitan Area. History The City ...
, and a member of the LCMS' Southeastern District. Officially formed in 1798, the church has a rich
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history.


History

The first evidence of a congregation on the current site is 1765, but the official land grant was bestowed upon the congregation in 1798. The founders of the church were largely Pennsylvania Germans (deutsch). The early records of the church have been lost partly as the result of two fires—the first in 1950, the second in 2001. However, in both fires, the church's bell tower, which boasts a distinct blue
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in the shape of a
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, has remained intact. The church buildings have, at different times, been used by the Reformed Church in America and various
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synods. The members of St. John's were instrumental in the founding of two Lutheran colleges—the early but now non-existent Concordia College of Conover and Lenoir-Rhyne College (now Lenoir-Rhyne University).


Building

The current
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was dedicated in 2003. It houses a pipe organ constructed by
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of
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.


Further reading

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External links


St. John's websiteLCMS congregation profile
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