Rev. John Heckel

Rev. John Heckel, now long gone to his reward as a true and tried servant of the Lord, was the first pastor of the church, and began his service in the congregation even before the first church edifice at the corner of Asylum and Broadway was built.  He dedicated this church on its completion, September 25th, 1870.  During his ministry in Knoxville, his wife Clara Concordia, died.  His son, Rev. Paul Heckel, following in the footsteps of his sainted father, has been active in the ministry for many years, was formerly located at Chattanooga, and is now Pastor of the Lutheran congregation at Tampa, Florida.  Rev. Heckel served the congregation from December 19th, 1869 till December 1874, when he accepted a call to Nashville, Tennessee

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