St. John Lutheran Church (Genesee, Idaho)

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On July 14, 1889 an itinerant missionary pastor of the Joint Synod of Ohio, Rev. Henry Rieke, accepted the call to become the first pastor of St. John’s. Construction of the church began in June of 1890, and it was dedicated on November 30 of that year. In 1898 the congregation became self-supporting. It was not until the turn of the century that services were held in English. In 1905 the church was enlarged and used often as a school. The present church was completed in 1915. By 1930, German services were dropped.

Rev. Marcus Rieke, a grandson of the congregation’s first pastor, was installed in 1935 and served until 1941. In 1960 St. John’s joined with Genesee Valley Lutheran Church to form a parish of two congregations to be served by the same pastor. This arrangement continues to this day.

From the guide to the St. John Lutheran Church, Genesee, Idaho, Records, 1889-2012, (Pacific Lutheran University)

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creatorOf St. John Lutheran Church, Genesee, Idaho, Records, 1889-2012 Pacific Lutheran University Archives and Special Collections ELCA Region 1 Archives
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associatedWith Bash, William person
associatedWith Carlsen, Carl person
associatedWith Cronrath, H. C. person
associatedWith Evangelical Lutheran Church corporateBody
associatedWith Eyrich, George person
associatedWith Fiebelkorn, Albert person
associatedWith Gebhard, T. M. person
associatedWith Genesse Valley Lutheran Church (Genesee, Idaho) corporateBody
associatedWith Gorschupf, Paul person
associatedWith Grube, Clair person
associatedWith Joint Synod of Ohio corporateBody
associatedWith Klickmann, A. H. person
associatedWith Leed, William person
associatedWith Meske, Theo person
associatedWith Meyer, E. C. person
associatedWith Oswood, Christian S. person
associatedWith Rieke, Henry person
associatedWith Rieke, Marcus person
associatedWith Rieke, Robert person
associatedWith Sittler, Joseph person
associatedWith Voss, Karl person
associatedWith West, Roland person
associatedWith Wolff, Anton person
associatedWith Wuebben, Peter person
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Genesee (Idaho)
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Lutherans
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