Black Cross - Chapel of the Cross - St. Peters, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 46.423 W 090° 34.825
15S E 710195 N 4294446
Huge, newer church building, set back from the streets.
Waymark Code: WM16JDT
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2022
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County of church: St. Charles County
Location of church: Jungermann Rd. & Willott Rd., St. Peters
Phone: 636.928.5885
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Mark Hoehner
Built: 2002
The cross is in the front, on the edge of a steep incline, and stands about 25+ feet tall, and is black, and made of steel.
This church sits way back from Jungermann. It has a Jungermann address because the original church sat right on the road, and their mail box is still at the end of the drive on Jungermann.
"Yes, that’s right, it is Chapel of the
Cross’ 40th birthday since her first
worship service March 14th 1982.
Those who gathered to worship were
led to officially charter what we know
today as Chapel of the Cross
Lutheran Church on January 15, 1984
– so technically that could be a
birthday celebration as well.
Regardless of which date you use, it
is an awesome thing that God has
done through Chapel of the Cross
these past 40 years.
"It all started when Rev. Milton Nauss,
the pastor of Chapel of the Cross in
N. St. Louis County, gathered those
who had moved to St. Charles County
and encouraged them to begin
worshipping. The Rev. Edward
Schmidt was asked to lead services
until Pastor Kenton Rohrberg was
called to serve as Chapel’s first full
time pastor. This group began
worshipping at what was a movie
theater on Mexico Road, across from
Cave Springs Bowling. They then
moved to a store front in the Cave
Springs Mall in September of 1982
before acquiring the 10 acre property
which we own today. The first church
building was constructed where
Walgreens stands today, and 227
people gathered for the first worship
service in the new Church sanctuary
on August 2, 1987.
"It took Chapel of the Cross 10 years
to become a self supporting
congregation, which meant our church no longer needed financial
help from the English District, and
was no longer considered a “mission
church.” In 2002, the current church
building and sanctuary was finished
and dedicated." ~ Chapel of the Cross Newsletter