The present Church building was erected in 1873.  Forty years later in 1913 the building was extended to include the existing gallery and bell tower.  You can download a brief history of our church here.

The bell in the tower was donated by a Mr Leopold Schmidt in memory of his late wife, Sophie.  It is believed that Mr Schmidt also donated the original small bell that was given firstly to the Church school and then loaned to the Marananga public school in the early 1900s.  The small bell is now located near the front fence of the church yard.
Hear and watch the bell in action.

The Church Pipe organ was built by Mr WG Rendall for Mr GS Hale at Norwood at a cost of £70 ($140). In 1880 the organ was purchased by one of the Point Pass Congregations and then sold to a Mr Geyer, an organ dealer and teacher of Tanunda. Mr Geyer had it set up in his home until 1918 when the Gnadenfrei Congregation purchased it. More information on our Pipe organ is available here. 

The original Sunday School and meeting room was a transportable Housing Trust unit purchased in 1964. This building was used until August 1996 when it was demolished to make way for the current Sunday School Hall and rooms. The foundations were poured in October 1996 and the completed building was opened and dedicated in June 1997.

The Marananga wine show an initiative of Gnadenfrei Lutheran Church was founded in 2004 to help small producers in the local community benchmark their wines. Now in it's 21st year, wines from large and small producers in the western Barossa sub-region are judged to Australian wine show standards. The show judging is held each year in August. The Marananga Wine Show Public Tasting provides guests with the rare opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with growers and winemakers, taste from a range of 120 wine entries and cast their vote for the People’s Choice award. Tickets will be available online from July for this event held on the last Friday of August at the Old Redemption Cellar,
65 Para Road Tanunda.

Blessings add and multiply when shared with others. In this spirit of thanksgiving, members and friends of the Gnadenfrei St. Michael’s Lutheran Congregation are pleased to release the 2023 “Mixed Blessings” Wine.
This release also has a special place as it commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the Gnadenfrei St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Marananga and the 20th Anniversary of the Marananga Wine Show.