Ben\’s Creek circuit of the Evangelical Association is situated mostly in Jenner township. The oldest church edifice in this circuit is St. John\’s, which was erected in 1875, during the pastorate of Rev. T. Eisenhower. Its cost was seventeen hundred dollars. Church officers: John Baker, George Swank, Jeremiah Gindlesperger; Membership at present; church, fifty-one; sabbath school, fifty.
The Centennial church (of the Ben\’s Creek circuit), erected in 1876 at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars, is in Conemaugh township.
Mount Tabor church of the Evangelical Association, situated one mile west of Jennerstown, was erected in 1881, under the ministerial labors of Revs. A. S. Baumgardner and E. F. Dickey, and cost about eleven hundred dollars. Church officers: Daniel Witt, Michael Cover, George Nicodemus. Membership: church, thirty; sabbath school, fifty.
Ben\’s Creek circuit now comprises a total membership of one hundred and seventy-three. The earliest members of this charge were Jacob Cover, Solomon Emert, Daniel Schneider, Samuel Lenhart, Elizabeth Lenhart, George Ray and Mr. Gunder. Samuel and Elizabeth Lenhart have been members for seventy years. The following pastors have served on Ben\’s Creek circuit since its formation: Revs. William Stull, John Esch, T. Eisenbower, F. J. Strayer, A. S. Baumgardner, E. F. Dickey and G. W. Risinger.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerst & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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