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The Church of the Redeemer
	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 / 17.9757532°N 76.7900616°WCoordinates: 17°58′33″N 76°47′24″W / 17.9757532°N 76.7900616°W
Location	Kingston
Country	Jamaica
Denomination	Moravian
Website	www.jamaicamoravian.com www.techadvancejamaica.com/moravian.html
History
Founded	1918
Founder(s)	Jonathan Reinke
Consecrated	1918-05-08
Architecture
Status	Church
Functional status	Active
Completed	1918
Construction cost	£3,124

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]

[edit] History

[edit] First building

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]

[edit] Present building

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]

[edit] Manse

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]

[edit] Hall

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]

[edit] Organ

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]

[edit] Clergy

1893-1894	Bishop Hannah^[1]
1894-1896	G H Lopp^[1]
1896-1928	Jonathan Reinke^[1]
1929-1932	John Kneale^[5]

1932-1939	W M O'Meally^[5]
1939-1944	W A Kaltreider^[5]
1944-1946	John Kneale^[5]
1946-1947	J P Davidson^[5]

1947-1951	H T Cuthbert^[5]
1951-1957	S U Hastings^[7]
1957-1959	Ben Muncaster^[8]
1959-1977	Neville S Neil^[4]

[edit] Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 138.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 139.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 140.
^ ^a ^b Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 145.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 141.
^ Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 187.
^ ^a ^b Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 142.
^ Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 144.

[edit] Bibliography

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

[edit] External links

[S.26H138-0] Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 138.

[S.26H139-1] Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 139.

[S.26H140-2] Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 140.

[S.26H145-3] Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 145.

[S.26H141-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 141.

[S.26H187-5] Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 187.

[S.26H142-6] Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 142.

[S.26H144-7] Hastings & MacLeavy 1979, p. 144.

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