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OCONTO COUNTY
Wisconsin
HISTORIC OCONTO COUNTY CHURCHES
.Christus German Lutheran Church.
Northeast Corner of County Highway S on Wood Road
Pensaukee
First building 1875 - destroyed by tornado
Second building 1877

Christus Lutheran Church in Pensaukee, Wisconsin, was one of two Lutheran churches in the village. It is now a private home. 

The 1870’s brought an increased influx of settlers, plus a little more culture, with more religious organizations like the Christus church at Pensaukee. Remaining records start in 1877. Previous records were lost in the 1877 Pensaukee Tornado which destroyed most of the village. The first church building, built in 1875, was part of the destruction.
 
Pastor Lieb stayed with Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church congregation (German Lutheran Church) in Oconto until 1875.  Pastor W. Buehring (1875-1879) followed.  During his tenure, the German Evangelical Lutheran Christus congregation of Pensaukee was organized, which he also served.

Christus, the German Lutheran church, in 1926 merged with First American Lutheran in Oconto, which was originally the German Lutheran Church in Oconto. 

At this point it appears, the remaining members of Christus Evangelical Lutheran Church in Penasuskee formed Grace Lutheran Missouri Synod and had control of the original German Lutheran Church property, and subsequently merged with an Oconto church, circa 1938.

 

The church records are from 1877 to 1928.

I have a complete copy of these church records if someone would need info from them. Mary Carl

The records for this church are now housed at First American Lutheran Church, Oconto, WI. 



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