Emanuel Methodist Church (German)
1846 -
The Clinton Avenue facade (pictured) is currently occupied by the
Bethesda Pentecostal Church. |
Church facade in November 2000
|
The Emanuel (German) Methodist
Church belongs to the pioneer congregations of German Methodism in the East. In the summer
of 1844 mission work began in this territory among German speaking people. The first
preaching service was held in the Methodist Church on Franklin Street followed by meetings
in a public school building on Bank Street. In the fall, the German Methodist Church was
organized. In 1845, a former Baptist church on Market Street was purchased. Increasing
railroad traffic necessitated a change of location. The existing church was sold and a new
one was built on Mulberry and Walnut Streets in 1872. City expansion and population
changes made re-location of the church desirable, so in 1914 the church was moved. In 1934
a preaching service in English was added.
| Reverend |
From |
To |
| John Sauter |
1846 |
1848 |
| Thomas Steck |
1848 |
1850 |
| Thomas Pfusten |
1848 |
1850 |
| John Swablen |
1848 |
1850 |
| S. F. Zimmerman |
1850 |
1852 |
| C. H. Hauner |
1853 |
1855 |
| John Sauter |
1853 |
1855 |
| F. C. Gratz |
1856 |
1860 |
| William Schwartz |
1856 |
1860 |
| C. R. Afflerbach |
1860 |
1862 |
| J. Seidel |
1862 |
1863 |
| H. Kastendieck |
1864 |
1867 |
| C. Jost |
1868 |
1869 |
| J. W. Freund |
1870 |
1874 |
| P. Quattlander |
1874 |
1874 |
| H. Kastendieck |
1875 |
1876 |
| J. C. Deininger |
1879 |
1880 |
| J. W. Freund |
1881 |
1883 |
| George Aberle |
1884 |
1887 |
| Louis Wallon |
1887 |
1892 |
| Paul Quattlander |
1892 |
1896 |
| August Flamann |
1896 |
1902 |
| John Lange |
1902 |
1903 |
| W. H. Kurth |
1903 |
1908 |
| D. H. Pape |
1903 |
1913 |
| John Mueller |
1913 |
|
| Address |
From |
To |
| 251 Market Street |
1846 |
1869 |
| 319 Market Street |
1870 |
1872 |
| Mulberry Street c. Walnut Street |
1873 |
|
| 12 Hedden Terrace |
1922 |
|
| 558 Clinton Avenue |
1940 |
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ARCHIVE INFORMATION
Records are located at
Drew University.
100th Anniversary, 1944
