Bethlehem Church - Gomersal (Schoenborn)

 

Bethlehem Church- Schoenborn is located a few kilometres south west of Tanunda.

The congregation was formed in 1855 by many of the families originally abandoned from the Hoffnungstahl congregation.

In 1856 the first church was erected, it functioned as both a church and school.

The original church had a thatched straw roof.

It was expected of the father of the congregation to provide at least 40 bundles of straw to replace the thatching covering of the roof.

The straw roof was replaced by iron in 1896.