Concordia Lutheran Church is an LCMS (
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...
) church in
Frohna, Missouri
Frohna is a city in Perry County, Missouri, Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 245 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Name
Frohna is named after the town of Niederfrohna (German: Lower Frohna) in the Zwickau (d ...
.
Name
The name Concordia is in reference to the confession of faith of the Evangelical Lutheran Church adopted in 1850, which is commonly known as the "Book of Concord," or in short as the "Concordia."
History
The community of Frohna was founded by 29 families from
Altenburg, Missouri
Altenburg is a city in Perry County, Missouri, Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 341 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
History
Altenburg (German for "Old Castle") was laid out and platted in 1839 by a colony o ...
, in 1839. Concordia Lutheran Church was established by Pastor Ernst Gerhard Wilhelm Keyl in his home that same year. A log cabin church, , was constructed in 1843-44. Rev. Christoph Henirich Loeber served as pastor from 1850 to 1862, and under his guidance a rock church, and tall, was built in 185. During the Civil War, the church in Frohna merged with
Trinity Church in Altenburg. In 1874, J. F. Koestering built a larger white frame church, and tall. This church building originally had two aisles, but the church was remodeled in 1949 to contain only a single central aisle. The original pews, altar, and pulpit were kept. The church parishes officially separated again in 1877, and have been separate since then.
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Gallery
File:Concordia Lutheran Church, Frohna, Missouri, A.jpg, Church interior at Christmas
File:Concordia Lutheran Church, Frohna, Missouri B.jpg, Altar
External links
/ Official website
References
{{Churches of Perry County, Missouri
Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod churches
1839 establishments in Missouri
Lutheran churches in Missouri
Churches in Perry County, Missouri
20th-century Lutheran churches in the United States