Welcome to Spiritual Church Brisbane
2013 saw us celebrate our centenary. On January 12, 2014, we launched our published book, “100 Years of Spiritualism” on the history of our church.
Our church began 13 January 1913 when a group of spiritualists met as the Brisbane Queensland Lyceum receiving a certificate numbered 409 which certified they were duly enrolled in the British Spiritualists’ Lyceum Union in accordance with the constitution of that body.
Our first president, Theodor Reinhold led this church until 1928. During that time the present church was built at the corner of Boundary and Mein Streets, Spring Hill with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle coming from England to lay the cornerstone on January 11 1921 during his tour of Australia
At the Annual General Meeting of the Spiritual Church Brisbane held at 1:00 pm on 16 November 2024, elections were held and the new committee members are as follows:
Letters Patent Officers (LPO)
| President | Raila Caslick |
| Treasurer | Rosemary McHugh |
| Secretary | Audrey Pluis |
Committee
| Vice-President | Doreen Howe |
| Vice-President | Yvonne Dornseif-Fregon |
| Assistant Secretary | Valentina Kitanovic |
| Property Maintenance | Chris Garnish |
| Platform Bookings Officer | Monica Gratani |
| Librarian | Vera Hollands |
| Technology Officer | Greg O'Neale |
| Marketing | Viv Palosaari |
Following is the list of presidents and ministers who have led our church from 1913 to the present. Each has a story to tell and the book on the history of the church, published in 2013 helps to fill in the details on each of our forefathers about their time at our church.
| PRESIDENT/ MINISTER | DATES |
|---|---|
| Theodor Reinhold | 1913 – 1928 |
| S Broughton Elkin | 1928 – 1935 |
| P. N. Humphrys | 1935 – 1937 |
| J Woodcock | 1937 – 1938 |
| Ada Shaw | 1938 – 1941 |
| C. S. Payne | 1941 – 1950 |
| Marie Loft | 1950 – 1952 |
| A. E. Sampson | 1952 – 1954 |
| Ada Shaw | 1954 – 1956 |
| J. F. Childs | 1956 – 1957 |
| W G Llewllyn | 1957 |
| Ada Shaw | 1957 – 1958 |
| N McArthur | 1958 – 1959 |
| J M MacCullough & H Tapper | 1959 – 1960 |
| J.O. Milne | 1960 – 1962 |
| G F Bowen | 1962 – 1963 |
| C. S. Payne | 1963 – 1968 |
| J. W. Carroll & J F Childs | 1968 – 1969 |
| S Turner | 1969 – 1973 |
| Rt Rev R Levi, JP | 1973 – 1979 |
| Rev F Bruce | 1979 – 1980 |
| Rt Rev R Levi, JP | 1980 – 1984 |
| Rev F Bruce | 1984 – 1993 |
| Rev Jeannie L Kane | 1993 – 2005 |
| Neil Davey (President) | 2005 – 2022 |
| Wendy Deakin (Minister) | 2007 – 2019 |
| Helen Rees (Minister) | 2019 – 2022 |
| Patricia Strong (Minister) | 2022 – 2023 |
| Raila Caslick (President) | 2022 – Current |