St. John's Reformed Church (Coopersburg, PA)
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1893 - 2017
Biographical / Historical
During the life of this church, the Pastors also served the congregations at Friedensville, Blue church, and for a short period at Shiloh Church. St. John's became a two point church in 1950 and on July 1st, 1957 they were served by a full time pastor. Prior to 1944 St. John's original records are not readily available and possibly are intermingled with the other congregations served by their pastors.
Biographical / Historical
Pastors who have served; Robert C. Weaver Jacob g. dubbs 1891-1913 Thomas M. Kressley 1913-1924 William H. Erb 1924-1928 William H. Cogley 1928-1942 George Bingaman 1943-1950 Grant E. Harrity 1951-1954 Ernest M. Hawk 1954-1967 Edward H. Schneider 1968-1974 Irvin Moore Jr. 1975-1981 Leonard A. Stark 1981-1987 Faith Spence (intern) 1987-1988 Richard D. Guhl 1988-
Extent
1.149 Cubic Feet ((2 containers) Annual Reports, Church Records 1893-1990, 1944-1987. History, News Clippings, Certificates.)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Weaver, Robert C. (1843-1910) (Person)
- Dubbs, Jacob Graver (1861-1941) (Person)
- Kressley, Thomas Marcus (1877-1952) (Person)
- Erb, Wiliam H. (1870-1940) (Person)
- Cogley, William Henry (1887-1964) (Person)
- Hawk, Ernest Maynard (1926-2021) (Person)
Geographic
- Title
- St. John's Reformed Church (Coopersburg, PA)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the E&R Library & Archives Repository
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Lancaster PA 17603 United States
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