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St Paul Lutheran Church (ELCA)

Greenville, Ohio, United States

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In 1850 a small band of German Lutherans feeling the need of a place of worship met for their first Divine Service in the home of Gottfried Brombacher, 517 Walnut Street. Following this first meeting other families invited the Church into their homes. These meetings continued for quite a while with only laymen in charge.In 1859 the congregation took two forward steps;the first was to call Rev. John Lautenschlaeger as their pastor, the next was to petition the Court in November to buy property located on East Fourth Street from the Second Presbyterian Church. February 11, 1860, they entered into a contract with the Presbyterians to pay $450 for said property and in October of 1862 the deed was transferred to them. The Presbyterians retained the bell for their own usage because the Lutherans were too poor to pay the price asked for.A German parochial school was organized. After a few years it was disband in favor of a Sunday school which was organized for all children over six years of age. John C. Baus was the first Superintendent of the School. In 1864 the Ladies of the Church felt they should have some part in the work of the cause, organized a Ladies Society.In 1866 the Church Council petitioned the Court for authority to incorporate which was granted them April 10 of that year.After the resignation of Rev. Lautenschlaeger in 1869, Rev. Constantin Koeberlin was called to be the pastor of the Church. In 1870 a difficulty arose between the Synod and the local congregation which caused them to withdraw from the Synod and become an independent Church. During this period a petition was filed in the Court by a Darke County Lutheran Church to take the property away from these people. The Court rejected the petition on the grounds that Church property belongs to the worshippers and not to some outside organization. In 1876 Rev. John Hinderer was called as the pastor, after the death of Rev. Kocberlin. Rev. Hinderer was at that time serving Zion Lutheran Church, Wakefield,

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