<center>CHURCH OF GOD</center>The first church in Ursina was the Church of God, built in 1869, at a cost of about seven hundred dollars. The first pastor, Rev. William Davis, was succeeded by:
Rev. Miles Pritts
Rev. John Wood
Rev. Wm. H. Long
At present the church has a membership of about thirty.
<center>EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN</center>The Evangelical Lutheran church of Ursina was organized in 1869, and a house of worship was erected the same year at a cost of about twenty-five hundred dollars. The pastors have been:
Rev. Peter Gheen
Rev. Wm. Triday
Rev. David T. Kooser
Rev. A. M. Smith
Rev. A. K. Felton
Rev. Wm. G. Gettle
The first church officers were John P.H. Walker and John Davis, deacons; Arnold Kuhlman and Joseph Lichty, elders. Present membership, about forty.
<center>METHODIST EPISCOPAL</center>The Ursina Methodist Episcopal church was built in 1871, at a cost of about three thousand dollars. The first pastor and his successors in order were:
Rev. Wesley Davis
Rev. O. A. Emerson
Rev. H. J. Hickman
Rev. Theodore Shaffer
Rev. B. W. Hutchinson
Rev. N. B. Tannehill
The first class leader was Norman Lichliter.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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