Church of the Redeemer, Jamaica

Church in Kingston, Jamaica

The Church of the Redeemer

The Church of the Redeemer, corner of North and Duke Streets, Kingston, Jamaica, 1963.

17°58′33″N 76°47′24″W﻿ / ﻿17.975753°N 76.790062°W﻿ / 17.975753; -76.790062
Location| Kingston
Country| Jamaica
Denomination| Moravian
Website| www.jamaicamoravian.com www.techadvancejamaica.com/moravian.html
History
Status| Church
Founded| 1918 (1918)
Founder(s)| Jonathan Reinke
Consecrated| 1918-05-08
Architecture
Functional status| Active
Completed| 1918
Construction cost| £3,124
Clergy
Minister(s)| Rev. Marsha Edwards-Brown

The Church of the Redeemer is the oldest Moravian Church building in Kingston, Jamaica, and houses a congregation of the Jamaican province of the Moravian Church. It was opened in 1918. The name, which is unusual for a Moravian church, was bestowed by its builder Jonathan Reinke "because he did not want people to speak of Reinke's church".[1]

## History[edit]

### First building[edit]

Kingston's first Moravian Church (at 23 Hanover Street) was a large house which was adapted for the purpose and consecrated on 1893-04-14.[1] This building and the Mission House next door (at 25 Hanover Street) were destroyed in 1907 by an earthquake.[2] Two shed's were erected to replace them while a new Church building was constructed.[2]

### Present building[edit]

The building at the corner of North Street and Duke Street was consecrated by Bishop Westphal on 1918-05-08.[3] The total cost of the building, site and out buildings was £3,124.[3]

### Manse[edit]

A new manse, on the north side of North Street a block to the east, was completed in 1927 at a cost of £921.[3] The manse site was sold to the Gleaner Company for £4,000 in 1949[2] and a new manse purchased in Antrim Road, Vineyard Town.[4]

### Hall[edit]

The Mary Morris-Knibb memorial hall, 1963.

A church hall was opened on 1930-12-30 by Lady Stubbs, wife of the Governor. This was destroyed by the hurricane of 1951.[5] A replacement hall was opened in 1962-02-28 at a cost of £16,000.[6]

### Organ[edit]

A pipe organ was installed in 1932, reconstructed in 1945 and destroyed during the 1951 hurricane.[5] A replacement was installed in 1953 at a cost of over £3,000.[7]

## Clergy[edit]

| 1893-1894 | Bishop Hannah[1]

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1894-1896 | G H Lopp[1]
1896-1928 | Jonathan Reinke[1]
1929-1932 | John Kneale[5]
| 1932-1939 | W M O'Meally[5]

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1939-1944 | W A Kaltreider[5]
1944-1946 | John Kneale[5]
1946-1947 | J P Davidson[5]
| 1947-1951 | H T Cuthbert[5]

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1951-1957 | S U Hastings[7]
1957-1959 | Ben Muncaster[8]
1959-1977 | Neville S Neil[4]

## Notes and references[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 138.
2. ^ a b c Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 139.
3. ^ a b c Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 140.
4. ^ a b Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 145.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 141.
6. ^ Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 187.
7. ^ a b Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 142.
8. ^ Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 144.

## Bibliography[edit]

Hastings, S U & MacLeavy, B L (1979), Seedtime and Harvest (A Brief History of the Moravian Church in Jamaica 1754-1979), The Moravian Church Corporation

## External links[edit]

* Aerial view of the church.
* Aerial view of the site of the 1927 manse.
* Aerial view of the site of the 1949 manse.

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