Meyersdale church of the Brethren, or German Baptists, was organized in 1876, with two hundred and fifty members. This church now has two hundred and seventy-five members and three meeting-houses.
The meeting-house in Meyersdale was erected in 1851. Bishop, C.G. Lint; ministers, John R. Lichty, S.P. Maust, U.D. Braucher, E.K. Hostetler, D.M. Fike. The first bishop of the present Meyersdale church was John Berkley.
In 1882, the Progressive Brethren, having separated from the original church, erected a new meeting-house in Meyersdale, at a cost of thirty-five hundred dollars.
The German Baptist church, situated at Berkley\’s Mills, and now a part of the Meyersdale charge, was erected in 1850, at a cost of about five hundred dollars.
The Summit Mills German Baptist church was built in 1845, at a cost of one thousand dollars, under the administration of John Berkley, who was the first bishop of the old Elk Lick congregation. After the division of the church, in 1876, Jonas Lichty became the bishop. The first ministers were Joel Gnagy and Jacob W. Peck. Present membership, one hundred and fifty.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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