Jireh Baptist Church, Brisbane
The Jireh{{efn|Taken from the book of Genesis, "jireh" is understood to mean "The Lord will provide".}} Baptist Church was a place of worship in Gipps Street, Fortitude Valley, a suburb of Brisbane. It was established in 1862 by Rev. John Kingsford, its pastor for 37 years, and folded in 1978.
Pastors
- John Kingsford (1813–1905){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82250226 |title=Death of Rev. J. Kingsford |newspaper=Warwick Examiner and Times |volume=39 |issue=4965 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=5 August 1905 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} was pastor 1861–1899.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182873705 |title=Rev. J. Kingsford's Farewell. |newspaper=The Week (Brisbane) |volume=XLVIII |issue=1,233 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 August 1899 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}} He was uncle of Charles Kingsford Smith's mother.
- Ernest A. Kirwood (died 1954),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50614406 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Courier-mail |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 October 1954 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}} pastor 1899–1904{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173728579 |title=Jireh Baptists |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane) |issue=9901 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 August 1904 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}} He preached at the church's 60th anniversary{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111454160 |title=Jireh Baptist Jubilee |newspaper=Queensland Times |volume=LXIV |issue=11,250 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=24 July 1922 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} and attended its 88th anniversary service in 1950.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50039366 |title=Church birthdays |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=4315 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 September 1950 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- J. E. Walton{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175210329 |title=Visiting Baptist Minister. |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane) |issue=9,924 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=9 September 1904 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} pastor 1904–1909
- A. C. Jarvis (died 1934){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68154434 |title=Obituary |newspaper=The Advocate (Australia) |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=13 March 1934 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 1910–1916
- Benjamin Hewison (died 1938){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38705690 |title=Former Baptist President |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=1609 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=28 October 1938 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} pastor 1919–1924. His wife died in 1946.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50277555 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=2964 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=24 May 1946 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- Thomas McColl (died 1946){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188716095 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane) |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 August 1946 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} pastor 1926–1930
- Charles J. W. Moon (died 1937),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151248038 |title=Death of the Rev. Charles Moon |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=20,509 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=6 April 1937 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} temporary pastor 1930
- S. M. Potter was temporary pastor, permanent 1932–1939.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184747995 |title=What the Churches are Doing |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane) |location=Queensland, Australia |date=30 December 1939 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Four "daughter churches" arose from the efforts of the "Jireh" congregation:
The churches at Bulimba and Enoggera received much assistance from "Jireh".
Notable communicants include Miss Plested (missionary in India), Revs W Richer, T. Zettich (of Windsor Road Church), W. Higlett (secretary to NSW Baptist Union), T. N. Symonds (superintendent for Baptist Home Missions in Queensland), A. E. Bickmore (longtime treasurer for the Baptist Association in Queensland), Gray Parker (of Wynnum Church) and evangelist W. L. Jarvis.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20557921 |title=Jireh Baptist |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=20,113 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=8 July 1922 |accessdate=21 April 2025 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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