The Lutheran Church has its roots in the Reformation, which is commonly regarded as beginning on October 31, 1517 when an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther posted 95 theses (arguments) on a church door in Wittenburg, challenging the medieval Roman Catholic Church.
Four hundred years later… Lutheran worship services began in this area on Tuesday 9 May 1916 in a private home at North Arm. Services in the North Coast Line Home Mission Field were held at various locations around the district – Beaudesert, Kin Kin, Belli Park, Kilcoy, Dayboro, Mundubbera, Monto, Proston, Hivesville, Wamuran, Gympie, Cooroy, Imbil, Witta – and other places in between.
The first Lutheran service in Nambour itself was held on Sunday 27 September 1925 at the Presbyterian church. During 1926, 1927 and until July 1928 more or less monthly services were held. Up until July 1928 North Arm was still treated as an independent preaching place and services were conducted there also. The other centers formed by Pastor Doehler all merged into Nambour.
The first Lutheran church in Nambour was dedicated on 24 November 1929. The present church building was dedicated on 18 May 1969. At this time the Nambour Parish consisted of the congregations of Nambour, Witta, Maroochydore, and Caloundra. On 1 January 1979, this became two parishes: Nambour Lutheran Parish (Nambour and Witta) and Sunshine Coast Lutheran Parish (Maroochydore and Caloundra).
We honour and worship the creator of the land on which we meet, God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We acknowledge the Kabi Kabi people, the traditional custodians of Nambour, whose land and waters we all now share. We pay respect to their elders – past, present and emerging, and acknowledge the important role First Nations people play in this place.