Christ\’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Somerset township, was organized, in 1844, by Rev. Peter Rizer. A house of worship was built in 1845 at a cost of nine hundred dollars. It has since been repaired to the amount of twenty-two hundred dollars. The congregation is out of debt and numbers at this time one hundred and seventy; the sabbath-school scholars one hundred and forty.
Among the original members were:
Peter Auman and wife
Henry Baker
Jacob Baker (first deacon) and wife
Solomon Baker
George Bitner
Jonathan Bowman and wife
Absalom Casebeer (first elder) and wife
David Casebeer (first deacon) and wife
Jacob Casebeer and wife
John Darr and wife
Conrad Davis
Joseph Good and wife
John Hess
Jacob Kline and wife
Alexander Landis and wife
Philip Maurer (first elder) and wife
Samuel Miller and wife
Abraham Pile and wife
Samuel C. Pile and wife
Ephraim Pisel and wife
John Schmucker and wife
Jonas Shaulis and wife
Godfrey Stahl and wife
The pastors in the order of their succession have been:
Rev. Peter Rizer
Rev. William Uhl
Rev. Charles Whitmer
Rev. Leonard Gerhart
Rev. J. P. Hentz
Rev. A. M. Whetstone
Rev. J. F. Shearer
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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