Wellersburg Reformed and Lutheran Church was organized by Rev. Henry Giesy about the year 1803. There is no account of the building of the first church. The principal early members were from the Uhl, Hoyman, Witt, Korns, Wilhelm and Reichert families; later the Wingert and Gaumer families were added. The present church ediface cost about $2100. It was dedicated June 5, 1857.
The church, once large, now has a membership of about thirty-five. Most of the members left on account of the lack of employment when the furnace business suspended.
The first regular pastor was Rev. Henry Giesy, Reformed, who began his labors in 1798. Then followed Lutheran pastors:
Rev. H. Heyer
Rev. C. Lepley
Rev. C. Wittmer
Rev. S. P. Nellis
Rev. A. Cupp
Rev. H. J. Ketzmiller
Rev. Strausz
Rev. Crebs
Rev. Pfahler
The Reformed pastors were:
Rev. Henry Giesy
Rev. J. H. Keefer
Rev. H. E. F. Voigt
Rev. H. G. Ebbekan
Rev. B. Knepper
Rev. Knepper has served as pastor from 1846 to the present. Preaching, formerly all German, is now in English only.
Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, Pa; 1884)
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