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The Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church is a church located at 4461 Twenty-Eighth Street in Detroit, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1980〔 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.〔 The building now houses the Motor City Missionary Baptist Church. ==History== In the late 1800s, German-speaking immigrants began moving into southwest Detroit.〔(Motor City Missionary Baptist Church/ Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church ) from Detroit1701,org〕 The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on Military Street was established in 1882 to service this influx of people.〔 The new congregation quickly swelled, and in 1890, the elders of Zion started a daughter congregation, commissioning the architectural firm of Spier & Rohns to design a wooden structure costing no more than $2000 to build.〔 This building is the only known example of a wooden church designed by the firm.〔 The church was completed in 1891; a wooden parsonage was added the next year and a brick school was built in 1923.〔(Motor City Missionary Baptist Church Historic District ) from the city of Detroit〕 The latter two building are included in the city historical listing, while on the church is on the National and state listing.〔 The Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church was built in 1891; the congregation used the building until 1976, when they went defunct. The building was purchased by the Motor City Missionary Baptist Church in 1978.〔 The Motor City Baptist Church congregation was organized in 1967 by Rev. John W. Haynes and his wife Inez.〔 Documents relating to the official actions of the congregation, births, deaths, baptisms and confirmations are archived at Concordia Historical Institute in St. Louis, MO (http://lutheranhistory.org/). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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