St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lutheran church in Pocahontas, Missouri, United States

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church is a brick church in Pocahontas, Missouri, built in the fall of 1910 after a lightning fire gutted its 1893 predecessor; the furnishings were saved before the blaze. A clock was installed in the spire that year. The congregation, founded in 1867 by German and Austrian settlers, also ran a parochial school, rebuilt in 1895, and a parsonage from 1903.

German and Austrian settlers around Pocahontas founded St. John's in 1867 after Immanuel Lutheran in New Wells refused their request for a school; pastor Fickensher held worship in homes. A plot bought for $365 in 1870 brought the first church and pastor Joseph Westernberger, who also ran the parochial school. The congregation joined the Iowa Synod in 1871. A brick church of 1893 burned after a lightning strike in May 1910; furnishings were saved, and a new brick church with a clock in the spire rose that autumn. English liturgy began in 1929, and the congregation left the ELCA for the AALC on November 28, 2010.

The congregation's name, St. John, follows the German Lutheran habit of naming churches for saints and biblical figures brought by the settlers who arrived from Germany and Austria in 1858. Worship has been held in English since 1929, after decades of German-language services. The church is now a member of the American Association of Lutheran Churches, which it joined on November 28, 2010.

The church stands in Pocahontas, Missouri, not Waterloo; the congregation left the ELCA after the 2009 Churchwide Assembly and joined the AALC on November 28, 2010. Worship has been held in English since 1929, so services are in English. The brick church dates from fall 1910, when it was rebuilt after the May 1910 lightning fire and a clock was installed in the spire.

The 1893 brick church was struck by lightning in May 1910; furnishings were carried out before the fire consumed the building, leaving only blackened brick walls. The replacement, finished that autumn, had a clock installed in its spire. The congregation left the ELCA after the 2009 Churchwide Assembly and joined the AALC on November 28, 2010.