Mt Walker Church of Christ, 1884

This church began chiefly because of one person, JJF Hinrichsen. He had been brought up in the Lutheran church in Germany. Uncertain about his own spiritual condition, he began to earnestly read the Bible. The result was that he was baptised by a Baptist minister near Berlin on 4 October 1860.

 Hinrichsen then migrated to Queensland in 1865 to settle at Mt Walker. After spending one day with the Church of Christ in Ipswich (Bundamba), he invited DA Ewers (then ministering at Warwick) to visit Mt Walker.

 A crowded meeting took place in the home of a Mr Jenner. The result of this meeting was seven of the German Baptists decided to form a Church of Christ. On 4 May 1884, the church held its first service. Early baptisms were held in the Bremer River, which meanders its way through this district, or in dams on local farms. In 1903, the membership of the church was 30 (and is still around the same number today in 2026.)