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District Superintendents District: Pittsburgh Conference - Allegheny District: Commenced in 1833. Zarah Hale Coston 1833-1835; Joshua Monroe 1835-1836; Name Changed to Beaver District: Joshua Monroe 1836-1839; Simon Elliott 1839-1843; William Hunter 1843-1844; Robert Hopkins 1844-1948; Name Changed to Allegheny District: John W. Minor 1848-1849; John J. Swayze 1849-1852; Joshua Monroe 1852-1853; Samuel D. Wakefield 1853-1857; Daniel P. Mitchell 1857-1861; Isaac Newton Baird 1861-1865; John Williams 1865-1869; John Wesley Baker 1869-1873; Samuel H. Nesbit 1873-Fall 1876; Henry L. Chapman Fall 1876-Fall 1880; Thomas Newton Boyle 1880-1884; Theodore N. Eaton 1884-1890; Asbury L. Petty 1890-1896; Edward J. Knox 1896-1902; George Washington Terbush 1902-1904; Thomas Newton Boyle 1904-1910; James M. Thoburn, Jr. 1910-1916; William Francis Conner 1916-1924; Sanford W. Corcoran 1924-1926; Jacob Simpson Payton 1926-1927; Judson Jeffreys 1927-1928; James Vernon Wright 1928-1929; Walter Scott Trosh 1929-1935; David Roy Graham 1935-1940; John D. Ban Horn 1940-1946; Walter Lee Ewing 1946-1951; Franz Omar Christopher 1951-1956; James Lewis Carraway 1956-1960; Charles Albert Tracey 1960-1962; Became Western Pennsylvania Conference as Allegheny District: Charles Albert Tracey 1962-1966; Wendell Ellsworth Minnigh 1966-1970; Renamed Butler District: Wendell Ellsworth Minnigh, Sr. 1970-1972; David Dean Wilson, Sr. 1972-1978; Paul John Meuschke 1978-1984; John Albert Buckley 1984-1988; Erwin Keith Kerr 1988-1994; Mary Grey Emmett 1994-1999; Glenn Bruce Kohlhepp 1999-2005; Dean Duane Ziegler 2005--.
ALIQUIPPA: FIRST BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1910 Mailing Address: 2816 Broadhead Road, Aliquippa, PA 15001-2103 724/375-5287 ID: 95206 Location: Located at 2816 Broadhead and Chapel Roads, in the Borough of Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. When the new town of Woodlawn was started by the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company the need for a Methodist Church became evident. The Methodists in the community were organized by Reverend Joseph William Garland in 1910. The Church was chartered as the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Woodlawn in 1911. When the name of the town was changed to Aliquippa, the charter was changed in 1928 to The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Aliquippa. The first services were held in the Municipal Building and then the meeting place was moved to the Highland School. In 1912 the first Church building was erected on Church Street. This served until 1926 when a new building was erected on Franklin Avenue and Main Streets was opened for use. In 1964 the congregation moved to its new Church Building at Brodhead and Chapel Roads. The membership then was 1,913. In 1968 the membership was 955. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 558.
Pastors: First Methodist Episcopal Church of Woodlawn: Joseph William Garland 1910-1910; E. P. Hershberger 1910-1911; J. C. Mace 1911-1912; Alexander Steele 1912-1914; Archibald Auld 1914-1918; Richard Beatty Callahan 1918-1919; John Helps Bickford 1919-1920; Thomas Morgan Dunkle 1920-1922; Samuel G. Noble 1922-1924; Charles William Oresek 1924-1928; Name changed to First Methodist Episcopal Church of Aliquippa: Harry David Rudolph 1928-1933; Harry Beeson Mansell 1933-1935; Gilbert Grover Gallagher 1935-1937; Samuel Easterday Brown 1937-1942; Edwin John Keifer 1942-1945; Edward Carl Linn 1945-1956; Franz Omar Christopher 1956-1960; Paul Mechem Easter 1960-1966; Ralph Waldo Huntsman 1966-1971; Richard Harding Sanford 1971-1976; Frank Irvin Snavely 1976-1982; Norman Eugene Dunkle 1982-1989; Paul Bernard Sparrer 1989-2002; Howard Franklin Burrell 2002--.
AMBRIDGE: FELLOWSHIP BUTLER DISTRICT UNITED METHODIST – WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE 1992 Mailing Address: PO Box 489, Ambridge, PA 15003-0489 724/266-8636 ID: 95230 Location: Located at 235 Merchant Street in the Borough of Ambridge, Beaver County, PA.
History: United Methodist – Western Pennsylvania Conference. A new church started in 1991 for the African America population in Ambridge. The congregation originally met at 550 Maplewood Avenue, Ambridge, Pennsylvania. In November of 2001 they moved to 235 Merchant Street. The new facility including a sanctuary, rectory, convent, classrooms, gymnasium and kitchen was purchased in April of 2004. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 119.
Pastors: Ambridge: Fellowship: Roger Wendell Baker November 1, 1991-March 23, 1995; S. Socci March 23, 1995-1996; Rosalyn G. Rodgers 1996-2000; Fred D. Smith 2000--; Emma Smith 2004-2005; William Lowe Kemp 2005-2006; Brenda Rochford 2006--.
AMBRIDGE: FIRST BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1903 Mailing Address: 649 Maplewood Avenue, Ambridge, PA 15003 724/266-5030 ID: 95228 Location: Located at the corner of Seventh St. and Maplewood Avenue in the Borough of Ambridge, Beaver County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. At the session of the Pittsburgh Annual Conference held October 7-12, 1903, Bishop W. F. Mallalieu appointed Reverend Joseph E. Wright to Ambridge where their was neither an organization nor a place of worship. In November a hall was rented on the third floor of the Ambridge Savings and Trust Company’s building and both morning and evening services were begun. A Charter was granted to the congregation on January 5, 1904 and three lots were secured at the corner of Sixth Street and Melrose Avenue. A Church building was started and on August 7, 1904 the building was dedicated by Reverend Dr. Thomas Newton Boyle, Presiding Elder of the Allegheny District. On August 6, 1906 this Church building was sold to St. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Congregation for $6,000 and a more desirable site was sought after. Services were held in the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church and in a rented storeroom from 1906 until 1909. On May 23, 1909 the building at the corner of Maplewood Avenue and Seventh Street was dedicated at a cost of $12,000.00. In 1926 the Education Building was added to the Church. In 1950 the brick wall, sidewalks and concrete areas in front of the church were completed. In 1968 the Narthex, Pastor and Secretary offices, new front steps, new pews, communion rail, pulpit, lectern and carpet were added to the Church at a cost of $53,000.00 The new Parsonage was built and dedicated in 1965. In 2001 Economy was added to form the Ambridge/Economy Charge. The membership in 1968 was 653. The membership on January 1, 2003 was300.
Pastors: Ambridge: Joseph E. Wright 1903-1905; Archibald Auld 1905-1906; Hibbard G. Howell 1906-1907; Lee Wilson LePage 1907-1910; William F. Seitter 1910-1913; Richard Parker Andrews 1913-1916; Howard Ellsworth Lloyd 1916-1922; Clovis Preston Salladay 1922-1927; Joseph Christy Brown 1927-1930; John Clark Matteson 1930-1934; Charles William Oresek 1934-1937; Richard Bruce Cuthbert 1937-1942; Martin Snyder Longnecker 1942-1956; Josiah David Stillwagon 1956-October 1, 1964; Jack Winfield Miller November 1, 1964-September 1, 1967; Norman Carlysle Young September 15, 1967-1968; Ambridge: First: Norman Carlysle Young 1968-1974; John Carson Cogley, Sr., 1974-1982; David James Fetterman 1982-1986; Johnnie David Panther 1986-1992; Bertram Domineck 1992-2001; Ambridge: First/Economy: Bertram Domineck 2001--.
ARGENTINE BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1920-2001
Location: Located on a legislative route in village of Argentine, 5 miles south of Eau Claire in Butler County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. A Union Sunday School had been maintained for several years, meeting first in a theater and later in the schoolhouse. In September 1920, a subscription was taken for pastoral services. The Reverend L. G. Wayne Furman, pastor of Hilliards, organized a Class and began regular preaching services in the schoolhouse. The next summer the Ladies Aid financed the building of an open air tabernacle. July 1921, an evangelistic meeting was conducted and resulted in nearly 1000 conversions. The need of the Church was then keenly felt and on April 8, 1922, a financial drive was put on and the new building was dedicated on June 24, 1922. From 1932 through 1941 no minister was appointed and no regular church services were held. Sunday School, however, was held regularly. It was reactivated in 1942 and had several circuit relationships including association with Eau Claire and has been a Station appointment with a supply pastor at times. The membership in 1968 was 54. The membership on January 1, 2001 was 36. Closed in 2001. Records went to Cornerstone Community (Boyers).
Pastors: Hilliards/Argentine: L. G. Wayne Furman 1920-1923; Chester W. McCaskey 1923-1926; Edward Charles Hasenplug 1926-1927; George Howard Palmer 1927-1929; Samuel R. Maitland 1929-1930; George Brinton Nolder 1930-1931; Argentine: T. C. Henderson 1931-1931; Boyers Charge: Kenneth C. Moore 1931-1932; No Pastors Appointed 1932-1942; Eau Claire: Bethel/Argentine: Clifford Carl Headland December 1941-1947; Earl J. Jennings 1947-1955; G. Wayne Burwell 1955-February 1, 1959; Arthur Frederick Hummell February 1959-1962; Elmer Paul Luther 1962-September 1964; L. G. Wayne Furman September 1964-December 1964; Clifford Carl Headland December 1964-February 1965; John Warren Aupperle February 1965-1967; Eau Claire/Argentine/Jolly Farm Camp: Roger William Cramer 1967-September 1, 1972; Eau Claire: Bethel/Argentine: Roger Raymond Buzard, Sr. October 1972-September 1, 1973; Walter Charles Herron 1973-1975; Ronald Edwin King 1975-1979; Allen Franklin Maihle Jr. 1979-1987; Robert Tristum Wellman 1987-1988; Gary Keith Donaldson 1988-May 15, 1995; Andrew James Keck 1995-1997; Lloyd Dice Tennies 1997-2001; Argentine closed in 2001.
ARNOLD BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1896 Mailing Address: 1801 Leishman Avenue, Arnold, PA 15068-4226 724/339-2377 ID: 97240 Location: Located at the corner of Leishman Avenue and Rankin Street in the Borough of Arnold in Westmoreland County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Arnold had been the second ward of the Borough of New Kensington and became a separate municipality in 1896. It was during the same year that the first meetings of the church were held in a school building. There were nine members and the church was served by the New Kensington pastor, Reverend Alexander Earl Husted, until the Conference in the fall of 1896. Then Arnold was made part of the Bethel-Mount Hope Circuit until 1899 when the Church became a Station. The first church building was dedicated June 24, 1900. This was replaced by a new building, dedicated April 5, 1925. The mortgage was paid during the pastorate of Reverend Charles William Oresek 1944-1951. The sanctuary was remodeled during the pastorate of Reverend Howard Weston Jamison 1951-1956; and the basement completely remodeled during the pastorate of Reverend Edwin John Keifer being completed in 1963. The 1968 membership was 780. The membership on January 1, 2002 was 154.
Pastors: New Kensington/Arnold: Alexander Earl Husted 1996-1996; Bethel/Mount Hope-Arnold Circuit: F. G. R. Wineman 1896-1898; Harmon S. Piper 1898-1899; Arnold: Harmon S. Piper 1899-1905; William A. Prosser 1905-1906; Elmer H. Greenlee 1906-1907; Oliver J. Watson 1907-1908; Theodore Myers House 1908-1909; Homer Carpenter Renton 1909-1910; Samuel Long Mills 1910-1913; John C. Burnsworth 1913-1916; Clovis Preston Salladay 1916-1922; George Richard Haden 1922-1925; Silas Elmer Rodkey 1925-1928; Samuel Ford 1928-1932; Paul Weyand 1932-1933; Alexander Steele 1933-1935; B. T. Stone 1935-1935; Arnold/Braeburn Charge: Charles Albert Tracey 1935-1937; William Calvin Marquis 1937-1939; Arnold: William Calvin Marquis 1939-1942; Daniel M. Paul 1942-1944; Charles William Oresek 1944-February 11, 1951; Howard Weston Jamison 1951-1956; Edwin John Keifer 1956-1969; Clair Arden Lundberg 1969-1980; Leonard Gene Stewart 1980-1982; Evan Eugene Ankeny 1982-1987; Ralph Wayne Brownfield 1987-1993; Richard Donald Updegraph 1993-1999; Edwin Philip Wilson 1999-January 1, 2001; To Be Supplied January 1, 2001-July 1, 2001; Joseph James Yurko, Jr. 2001-September 2003; Arnold/Braeburn: Joseph James Yurko, Jr. September 2003-2004; Arnold/Springdale: Karen Lynn Prescott 2004--.
BADEN BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1858 Mailing Address: 420 Dippold Avenue, Baden, PA 15005-1716 724/869-2720 ID: 95263 Location: Located at State Street and Dippold Avenue in the Borough of Baden, Beaver County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Organized on the Freedom Circuit consisting of Freedom, Concord, Baden, Slippery Rock, Plains, Unionville, Lancaster, and Zelienople. There were 29 charter members. The first church structure, 32 feet by 40 feet, was erected in 1861 at a cost of $1,000. The congregation worshipped here until 1906 when the building was remodeled and used as an office until it was dismantled in 1953. In 1892 the Church was removed from the Freedom Circuit and made a Station with its own minister. In 1900 the first parsonage was built costing $1,360. A second Church building on a new location was erected in 1906 at a cost of $7,000. In 1944 a Building Fund, to make possible further construction, was established by a bequest of $500.00 from the will of a member of the congregation. This led to the construction of a spacious Educational Building and Fellowship Hall in 1955 and a new parsonage in 1958. Construction of a new Sanctuary Building, the third in the history of the congregation, was begun in 1968. The membership in 1968 was 855. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 628.
Pastors: Freedom Circuit: Baden: Thomas Storer 1858-1859; Wesley D. Stevens 1859-1860; William H. Tibbles and Edward Williams 1860-1861; William H. Tibbles and A. W. Taylor 1861-1862; Joseph A. Swaney 1862-1863; John McCarty 1863-1864; James Jackson McIlyar 1864-1865; Ezra Morgan Wood 1865-1867; Thomas Storer 1867-1868; James M, Swan 1868-1869; Robert Finley Hopkins 1869-1870; Elisha B. Webster 1870-1872; Joseph Hollingshead 1872-1873; Richard Cartwright 1873-1874; Charles H. Edwards 1874-1876; John G. Gogley Spring 1876-Fall 1877; John Conner 1877-1880; David L. Dempsey 1880-1881; Josiah Mansell 1881-1883; John J. Hill 1883-1884; David L. Dempsey 1884-1885; Edward Burns Griffin 1885-1887; William L. McGrew 1887-1889; Ezra Morgan Wood 1889-1890; Baden Charge: M. G. Porter 1890-1892; George Washington Johnson 1892-1896; G. L. C. Westlake 1896-1897; Herbert A. Baum 1897-1899; S. E. Keath 1899-1900; Frederick D. Esenwein 1900-1903; Henry H. Westwood 1903-1904; Robert B. Carroll 1904-1910; Edward George Laughrey 1910-1911; Baden/Conway: Charles James Whitlatch 1911-1914; Baden: William F. Seitter 1914-1917; William Rainie Moore 1917-1920; J. Meryl Silk 1920-1922; Roy Lincoln McQuiston 1922-1926; William Calvin Marquis 1926-1928; Walter Leslie Morgan 1928-1930; Edward Harold Miller 1930-1933; Richard R. Griffiths 1933-1935; George Grant 1935-1945; Jack Sheldon Spangler 1945-1948; Harold Theodore Porter 1948-1951; Sherman L. Burson 1951-1953; Herman Fred Roney 1953-1961; Jacob Henry Breakiron 1961-1964; Howard Morrow Pape 1964-1966; Frank Thomas James 1966-1971; Ralph Lee Rudy, Jr. 1971-1978; Dale Ralph Smith 1978-1992; William Dallas Morgan 1992-1994; Arthur James Decker 1994-2004; Donald Edward Bailey 2004--.
BAIRDFORD BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST PROTESTANT – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1876 Mailing Address: 390 Bairdford Road, PO Box 94, Bairdford, PA 15006 724/265-3535 ID: 95445 Location: Located in the village of Bairdford at 390 Bairdford Road and Oak in West Deer Township, Allegheny County, PA.
History: Methodist Protestant – Pittsburgh Conference. An extensive revival was held in the Martins School, about two miles from Bairdford, in the mid 1870’s by Reverend James Baumgartner, an evangelist of the Evangelical Church. The Shaffer family gave the land for the Church and the cemetery and in 1876 a forty by sixty feet Church was built, free of debt, by the Shaffer, Bonin, Sanders and Starz families. It was known as the Little Jim Church. Due to the inability of the Evangelical Conference to supply it regularly, in 1899 it was sold to the Methodist Protestants and placed on the Bakerstown Charge. It became a separate appointment in 1957. In 1950 the church was raised and a full basement was placed under it. In 1962 it was remodeled by the addition of a narthex. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 138. Transferred from Pittsburgh East District to Butler District in 2004.
Pastors: Supplied by Pastors from the Evangelical Church 1876-1899: Adam Robert Rush 1899-1900; F. S. Grover 1900-1902; Zebulin C. Roberts 1902-May 1903; J. A. Johnson May 1903-October 1903; John William Richter November 1903-1907; William Alexander Rush 1907-1908; Hiram Woodward King October 26, 1908-1910; E. V. R. Hughes 1910-1911; Frank Pierce Hummell 1911-1912; Orson Ward Bolton 1912-1913; Harry S. D. Shimp 1913-1914; Harry Moore Peterson 1914-1915; Charles A. Biles 1915-September 1916; C. William Evans September 1916-April 1917; George Elmer Schott June 1917-March 1918; Albert Wallace Kaufman June-August 1818; Charles A. Biles August 1918-1920; William S. Hamilton 1920-January 1923; William Millward January 1923-June 1923; Mrs. William Millward June-September 1923; William Hunter, Jr. September 29 1923-1924; Earle William Terry September 9, 1924-April 1925; Willard Myron Douglass May 1925; Harold I Zook June-September 1925; Fred W. Atkinson November 1925-July 1932; Harry V. Leland July 1932-1933; Thomas Milton Gladden 1933-1938; George Budd 1938-1939; Josiah David Stillwagon 1939-1941; William E. Baker 1941-1943; William M. Smith 1943-1945; Ward Elliott 1945-1957; Victor LeMoyne Brown 1957-1965; Leslie Watters 1965-January 30, 1966; Taylor H. Carson February 1, 1966-1967; William Cunningham Miller 1967-1970; William Pledge Parker 1970-1972; David Lynn Griffith 1972-1973; John W. Quinn 1973-December 1974; Edward Leroy Clarke January 1, 1975-1977; Gordon V. Burrows 1977-1979; Joseph Peter Martin, Jr. 1979-1984; Donna Snow September 1 1984-February 23, 1986; Robert Harlan Cairns February 23, 1986-1988; William Ross Carroll, Jr. 1988-January 1, 2000; Bairdford/Millerstown: William Ross Carroll, Jr. January 1, 2000-2002; Bairdford: William Lowell Kemp 2002-2005; Jerold J. Pawloski 2005--.
BEAVER COUNTY: BETHEL BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1845 Mailing Address: 1672 State Route 168, Georgetown, PA 15043-1060 724/573-0760 ID: 95401 Location: Located on State Route 168 and Route 18 about four miles west of U. S. 30 and five miles from Hookstown, in Hanover Township in the southwest corner of Beaver County, PA
History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. This Church was first called Mount Bethel. The original building was on a farm formerly belonging to John Linduff. It was built in 1845 during the pastorate of the Reverend Joshua Monroe. It had twenty members. Another building was begun during the pastorate of Reverend Edgar Vickers Shotwell in 1909. It was dedicated free of debt on September 25, 1910, by the Reverend George Washington Terbush, Superintendent of the Washington District. The sanctuary was remodeled and a Fellowship Hall was built during the pastorate of the Reverend Herbert H. Bish and was dedicated by the District Superintendent Charles Albert Tracey in 1963. Bethel has been on several different Circuits the last being with Georgetown and Shippingport. Bethel became a Station during the pastor of Reverend David Dayen in 1958. The membership in 1968 was 91. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 80. Became Bethel of Beaver County and was on a two point Charge with Tucker in 2003.
Pastors: Florence Circuit: Mount Bethel: Joshua Monroe and Richard Jordan 1845-1846; Israel Dallas and Garret Jones 1846-1848; Gustavus A. Lowman and James T. Dorsey 1848-1849; Gustavus A. Lowman and William McK. Worthington 1849-1850; Georgetown Circuit: Bethel/Georgetown/SafeHarbor/Asbury Chapel/Hookstown /Cralls Schoolhouse/New Cumberland: Jacob Keiss Miller 1850-1852; Richard Morrow and John Gilleland 1852-1853; John White 1853-1855; Morris B. Pugh 1855-1857; John Coleman High 1857-1859; James Laferty Stiffy 1859-1861; Matthias Myers Eaton 1861-1863; Walter Brown and Artemus E. Ward 1863-1864; Artemus E. Ward 1864-1865; David A. Pierce 1865-1866; Patrick K. McCue and Martin Sherrick Kendig 1866-1868; Martin Sherrick Kendig 1868-1869; Andrew Huston 1869-1871; Joseph Gladhill and Merriman Colbert Harris 1871-1873; Joseph Gladhill 1873-1874; Thompson F. Pershing 1874-1875; Thompson F. Pershing and Edward M. Taylor 1875-1876; Washington Darby 1876-Fall 1877; Josiah Dillon Fall 1877-1879; Joseph E. Wright 1879-1881; Florence Circuit: Bethel: John Wilson Hough 1881-1882; John Hull 1882-1884; Joseph E. Wright 1884-1885; William Floyd Hunter 1885-1886; Robert I. McKee 1886-1886; Andrew Smith Hunter 1886-1888; Albert H. Davies 1888-1890; Joel Hunt 1890-1891; New Cumberland Circuit: Bethel: John T. Riley 1891-1894; Wesley G. Mead 1894-1895; Franklin J. Knotts 1895-1896; Joseph William Garland 1896-1898; New Cumberland Circuit: Bethel: John W. Hoffman 1898-1899; Andrew Smith Hunter 1899-1900; Howard Eckles 1900-1901; Florence Circuit: Bethel: Perry M. Phillips 1901-1903; W. C. Strohmeyer 1903-1904; James K. Fornear 1904-1906; Edgar Vickers Shotwell 1906-1909; James A. Hamilton 1909-1910; George E. Letchworth 1910-1913; William L. Crawford 1913-1917; John W. Lowry 1917-1919; R. C. Lawrence 1919-1921; George A. Williams 1921-1923; Georgetown Circuit: Bethel: Arthur Sellers 1923-December 1925; C. E. Ewing January 1926-1928; Roy W. Beggs 1928-1929; Howard Morrow Pape 1929-1930; Loyola C. Matthews 1930-1934; Roy Curtis Ehrheart 1934-1938; Samuel G. Noble 1938-1943; Georgetown/Shippingport/Bethel: Alva Jacob Musselman 1943-1945; Mrs. C. V. Hairhoger 1945-1952; A. C. Hoover 1952-1953; Georgetown/Bethel: Ellsworth Daniel Crispens 1953-1958; Bethel: David Dayen 1958-1959; Herbert H. Bish 1959-1963; Georgetown/Shippingport/Bethel: William Paul Reeby 1963-December 1964; George C. Baacke December 1964-May 1965; John J. Hankey, Sr., 1965-1969; William Eugene Cromer, Jr., 1969-1982; To Be Supplied 1982-1983; Ralph Avery 1983-May 30, 1988; John Lucaric 1988-1990; Dennis James Howard 1990-1994; Rico James Vespa 1994-August 1, 2000; Cherrie Ann Andres September 1, 2000-2003; Beaver County: Bethel/Tucker: Wayne Schar 2003--.
BEAVER FALLS: BENNETTS RUN BUTLER DISTRICT UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE 1923 Mailing Address: 770 Edgewood Road, Beaver Falls, PA 15010-4924 ID: 170614 Location: Located at 770 Edgewood Road, on Route 588 two miles east of Beaver Falls, Beaver County, PA.
History: United Brethren – Allegheny Conference. This Church was organized in 1923 through the efforts of the Otterbein United Brethren Church. Services were held in a schoolhouse until 1953. At that time a building was purchased and converted into the church. In 1970 it was linked with Beaver Falls Otterbein Church. The membership in 1970 was 64. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 21.
Pastors: Beaver Falls: Bennets Run: W. G. Fulton 1918-1923; Charles G. White 1923-1925; S. H. Cunningham 1925-June 1926; W. V. Barnhart 1926-1927; L. C. Rose 1927-1929; T. L. Keirman 1929-1931; C. H. Keller 1931-1932; Frank B. Gilchrist 1932-1942; James Nevin Strohm 1942-1943; Orion Alexander Womer 1943-1945; W. R. Fisher 1945-1948; Charles Harold Empfield 1948-1951; Elias Alvin Kessler 1951-1955; Ivan Steele Thompson 1955-June 1967; Herbert Lawrence Lohr 1967-1969; Ralph Scott 1969-1969; Perry Edgewood Pyle 1969-1972; Albert Jacob Steiner June 1972-1978; Thomas Snyder Lynn 1978-1979; Thomas Melvin Himes 1979-1984; Ronald George Naugle 1984-1994; Arthur Leroy Black 1994-1996; Donald K. Shellenberger July 15, 1996-2002; Wade S. Barto 2002-2002; Beaver Falls: Bennett’s Run/Beaver Falls: Otterbein: Wade S. Barto 2002-2005; Beaver Falls: North: Bennett’s Run/Clinton/Otterbein/Wampum Tina Grossman 2005-2006; Brian Keller Associate 2005-2006; Beaver Falls: North: Bennett’s Run/Clinton/Otterbein/Wampum Tina Grossman Keller 2006--; Brian Keller Associate 2005--;
BEAVER FALLS: CENTRAL BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST PROTESTANT – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1869 Mailing Address: PO Box 311, Beaver Falls, PA 15010-0311 724/846-3474 ID: 95321 Location: Located at Sixth Avenue and Thirteenth Street in the Borough of Beaver Falls in Beaver County, PA.
History: Methodist Protestant – Pittsburgh Conference. The birthplace was the Red Brick Schoolhouse, built in 1837, located at the fringe of town. The old schoolhouse was the original home of nearly all the churches in Beaver Falls. In April 1869, Reverend Samuel Ferry Crowther, pastor of the New Brighton Methodist Protestant Church began preaching in the Schoolhouse. The First Methodist Protestant Church of Beaver Falls was organized on May 23, 1869. Ground for a church was donated by Henry Reeves. The Church was located at Third Avenue and Pine Street and was dedicated on July 17, 1870. There were 41 members and 120 Sabbath School members. Rev. W. J. Sheehan was the first pastor. The church at Sixth Avenue and Thirteenth Street was dedicated November 11, 1904. Reverend Charles Fayette Swift was the pastor. Henry J. Heinz gave the address. Andrew Carnegie donated half of the amount for the purchase of an organ. The fiftieth anniversary was celebrated on November 23, 1919. At the time of Methodist Union, in 1939, the name of the Church changed to Central Methodist Church. The 1968 membership was 356. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 123.
Pastors: New Brighton/First Methodist Protestant Church of Beaver Falls: Samuel Ferry Crowther May 1869-1870; W. J. Sheehan 1870-1871; Beaver Falls: John Fletcher Dyer 1871-1873; George Gideon Westfall 1873-1875; George B. Dotson 1875-1876; Edward A. Brindley 1876-1877; Marcus B. Taylor 1877-1879; James Clark Berrien 1879-1880; John Gregory 1880-December 1882; James Clark Berrien December 1882- 1891; William R. Cowl 1891- March 1, 1895; James B. Nixon 1895-1899; Charles Fayette Swift 1899-1909; Clarence Mellville Lippincott 1909-1914; Francis C. Viele 1914-1918; Jacob Sala Leland 1918-December, 1, 1920; Charles Edgar Wilbur January 1921-1921; John W. Sell 1921-1929; John Nelson Hempstead 1929-1939; Name Changed to Beaver Falls: Central: Robert Harlan Cairns 1939-1943; John Boyle Warman 1943-1945; Alton Sankey Miller 1945-1948; Richard Parker Andrews 1948-1951; Theodore Merle Silvis 1951-1956; Fred Bryce Grimm 1956-1961; Ralph Luther Romine 1961-1964; John Herbert Clark 1964-1966; John Alfred Hellman, Jr., 1966-1969; Norman Jay Nightingale 1969-September 1, 1973; Walter Byron Hehman September 1, 1973-1980; Olivia Elaine Graham 1980-November 1, 1983; William Joseph Maher March 1, 1984-1987; Timothy Randall Koch 1987-1988; Keith Allen Dunn 1988-1994; Beaver Falls Parish: Beaver Falls: First/Beaver Falls: Central: Christopher Alan Ciampa 1994-1999; Debra Darlene Palmer Eberhart Rogosky 1999-2003; Beaver Falls: Central/Homewood/Koppel: Cherri Ann Andres 2003-July 28, 2003; Beaver Falls: Central: David Jordan Lutz September 1, 2003-2004; Beaver Falls: Central: David A. Alleman 2004-2005; Beaver Falls: First/Central: David A. Alleman 2005--.
BEAVER FALLS: COLLEGE HILL BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1907 Mailing Address: PO Box 313, Beaver Falls, PA 15010-0313 724/843-4190 ID: 95343 Location: Located at 33rd Street and 5th Avenue in the Borough of Beaver Falls, in Beaver County, PA
History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Initiated by Reverend Dr. Rezin Beeson Mansell, pastor of Beaver Falls First Methodist Episcopal Church and assisted by Reverend Stewart O. Smith, pastor of the Homewood Methodist Episcopal Church. The first service was held in the now extinct 33rd Street School on June 2, 1907. The first appointed pastor was Reverend Burr R. McKnight, October 1, 1907. There were 87 charter members. It was called the 33rd Street Church in 1907. It was named College Hill Church in 1908. The Church was built in 1908. The educational building’s first floor was built in 1954. Second and third floors were added in 1959. The first parsonage was at 520 – 35th Street in 1924. The parsonage is at 3423 Eighth Avenue in 1961. The membership in 1968 was 621. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 293.
Pastors: Beaver Falls: 33rd Street: Burr R. McKnight October 1907-1908; Beaver Falls: College Hill: Burr R. McKnight 1908-June 1911; Thomas H. Morris June 1911-October 1913; William F. Seitter 1913-1914; Joseph Walter Miles 1914-1916; Clarence Conrad Fisher 1916-1918; Cecil Webster Campbell 1918-1919; Nicholas F. Richards 1919-1921; George M. Hartung 1921-1922; James K. Pollock 1922-1926; Josephus Harrison Enlow 1926-1929; William Elmer Ellsworth Barcus 1929-1930; Herbert Melvin Carnahan 1930-1931; James Allan Kestle 1931-1935; Leonard Hyskell Hoover 1935-1937; Charles Albert Tracey 1937-1940; Alden J. Green 1940-1948; James E. Lutz 1948-1950; W. Reese Burns 1950-1953; Walter Albert Linaberger, Jr., 1953-1955; Gordon Franklin Hinkle, Sr., 1955-1959; Hoyt Leon Hickman 1959-1964; Charles Erwood Goodin 1964-1973; Louis Frederick Pomrenke, Jr., 1973-November 1980; Hengust Robinson, Jr., November 1980-1997; Edward Alan Schoeneck 1997-2006; Gregory David Cox 2006--.
BEAVER FALLS: CONCORD BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1835 Mailing Address: 285 Concord Church Road, Beaver Falls, PA 15010-9420 724/846-4739 ID: 95707 Location: Located East of Route 65 on Route 588 (Concord Church Road) in North Sewickley Township about four miles east of Beaver Falls, in Beaver County, PA
History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. This Church was established about the year 1835 and known at first as “Boots School House” and in 1857 the name “Concord” first appeared in the Allegheny District records when it was listed as being part of the New Brighton Circuit. The first house of worship was erected in 1851 by Reverend Joseph Alexander, a local preacher and carpenter. After 36 years the congregation outgrew the church building and the cornerstone was laid on June 18, 1887 for the second church building which was dedicated free of debt on October 2, 1887. Various improvements were made through the years. In 1920 two Sunday School Rooms were added to the front of the building and in 1940 a basement was completed for additional classrooms. Many different circuit relationships existed through the years and on May 25, 1952 the first full time pastor was appointed and a parsonage was completed the same year. In April 1961 ground was broken for the third building to house the congregation and the first service was held in the new church October 22, 1961. The membership in 1968 was 391. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 901.
Pastors: Harmony Circuit: Boots School House: David R. Hawkins 1838-1839; John White 1839-1840; New Brighton Circuit: Boots School House: Edward Birkett 1840-1841; Joshua Monroe 1841-1842; Joshua Monroe and William F. Lauck 1842-1843; William F. Lauck and Warner Long 1843-1844; Gideon D. Kinnear and John Wesley Baker 1844-1845; David R. Hawkins and William Page Blackburn 1845-1846; David R. Hawkins and John F. Neesley 1846-1847; George McCaskey 1847-1849; William DeVinney 1849-1850; Brighton Circuit: Boots School House: Josiah Dillon 1850-1852; Marcellus A. Ruter and John Grant 1852-1853; Marcellus A. Ruter and John Murray 1853-1854; New Brighton Circuit: Boots School House: James Beacom 1854-1856; Samuel Crouse 1856-1857; New Brighton Circuit: Concord: Samuel Crouse 1857-1858; Bradley Chapel/Concord: James Jackson McIlyar 1858-1860; Freedom Circuit: Concord: William H. Tibbles and Edward Williams 1860-1861; William H. Tibbles and A. W. Taylor 1861-1862; Joseph A. Swaney 1862-1863; John McCarty 1863-1864; James Jackson McIlyar 1864-1865; Ezra Morgan Wood 1865-1867; Thomas Storer 1867-1868; James M. Swan 1868-1869; Unionville Circuit: Concord: William Johnson 1869-1870; John McCarty 1870-1873; Darlington (Chippewa)/Concord: Richard Jordan 1873-1874; Unionville/Concord: Robert Stewart Ross 1874-1876; John W. Righter 1876-1878; T. W. Robbins 1878-1879; James Elverson Williams 1879-1882; Andrew Lucius Kendall 1882-1884; James Laferty Stiffey 1884-1887; Josiah Dillon 1887-1889; George A. Sheets 1889-1892; Frank Howard Callahan 1892-1893; Alfred Turner 1893-1895; John W. Otterman 1895-1896; Brownsdale Circuit: Concord: Charles McCaslin 1896-1898; Samuel H. Greenlee 1898-1901; Harmony Circuit: Concord: Joseph William Garland 1901-1902; Andrew Smith Hunter 1902-1903; Unionville Circuit: Concord: Alexander Steele 1903-1906; Harmony Circuit: Concord: Alexander Steele 1906-1907; Paul Otterbein Wagner 1907-1908; Maris Russell Hackman 1908-1909; Frank R. Peters 1909-1913; Paul Sappie 1913-1914; Oscar Adams Emerson 1914-1915; James A. Younkins 1915-1916; Arthur J. Jackson 1916-1918; Cecil Newton McCandless 1918-1920; John W. King 1920-1922; George D. Swartout 1922-1923; Merle Silk 1923-1924; Unionville/Concord: Miller Bartley Clendenien 1924-1925; Sherman L. Burson 1925-1927; Charles Jack 1927-1932; Harry C. Critchlow 1932-November 1934; Chippewa/Concord: Sherman L. Burson November 1934-1936; LeRoy Abbot 1936-1938; A. E. Stewart 1938-1938; West Bridgewater/Concord: Daniel M. Paul 1938-1941; Robert Henson Ling 1941-1945; Freedom/Concord: Edwin J. Seiss 1945-1948; Chippewa/Concord: Dwight Glasgow Townsend 1948-1952; Concord: James Robert Hartland 1952-1954; Carlton Paul McKita 1954-1956; Wilbur Paul Blackhurst 1956-1958; Clifford Eugene Stollings 1958-1962; Harold Edward Greenway 1962-1967; Louis Frederick Pomrenke, Jr. 1967-1970; John Ord Magargee 1970-1989; John Kenneth Smith 1989-2007; Richard Allen Detting Associate November 1, 1996-2002; Brett Allen Probert Associate 2002-2005; Christopher Todd Kindle Associate 2005--; Bradley Kent Neel 2007--.
BEAVER FALLS: FIRST BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1867 Mailing Address: 716 Tenth Street, Beaver Falls, PA 15010-3742 724/843-6620 ID: 95365 Location: Located at Eighth Avenue and Tenth Street in the Borough of Beaver Falls, Beaver County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Reverend James Jackson McIlyar, minister of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of New Brighton, conducted the first worship services at the little Red Schoolhouse at Seventh Avenue and Eighth Street in 1867. In 1868 the first church building was erected. The lots and a contribution of $2,000 were made by the Harmony Society. The first parsonage was built in 1880 on a lot next to the church. A new parsonage was located in Chippewa Township. The Church was chartered in 1883 with G. W. Altsman, Henry Doffert, Robert Mitchell, William Rosenberger, Robert McGahey and Perry Graham as trustees. The Eighth Avenue unit of the Church was built in 1884. In 1907 First Church sponsored a new congregation. This new church became known as College Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. This church was never on a circuit and has been in the Conference appointments as Beaver Falls: First since 1869. The 100th anniversary of the Church was celebrated with appropriate ceremonies the week of September 15 through September 22, 1968. The membership reported in the 1968 Journal was 573. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 141.
Pastors: New Brighton/Beaver Falls: James Jackson McIlyar, 1867-1868; Beaver Falls: First: Benjamin F. Sawhill 1868-1869; John McCarty 1869-1870; John R. Roller 1870-1871; William B. Grace March 1871-1874; Theodore Finley 1871-1876; Silas Thayer Mitchell Fall 1876-Spring1877; David Alexander McCready Spring 1877-1879; Edward Williams 1879-1880; John Conner 1880-1881; Joseph E. Wright 1881-1882; Milton Mechesney Sweeny 1882-1885; Aaron H. Miller 1885-1889; Milton J. Sleppy 1889-1894; George Washington Terbush 1894-1897; Robert Thompson Miller 1897-1898; Reimund C. Wolf 1898-1903; Rezin Beeson Mansell 1903-1908; William Carson Weaver 1908-1914; John W. R. Sumwalt 1914-1916; Ora Jerome Shoop 1916-1919; Thomas K. Fornear 1919-1921; Garmon S. Piper 1921-February 22, 1922; Herbert A. Baum 1922-1925; Andrew M. Shea 1925-1929; Charles Amos Hartung 1929-1936; John D. Van Horn 1936-1940; David Roy Graham 1940-1942; C. S. Applegath 1942-1944; Frank L. Hicks 1944-1950; Roy L. McQuiston 1950-1961; Leonard Gene Stewart 1961-1963; Charles Herbert Picht 1963-September 1, 1964; Josiah David Stillwagon October 1, 1964-1975; William Douglas Shaw 1975-1981; John Vickers Spahr, Sr., 1981-1984; Keith McClellan Dovenspike 1984-1989; Lauren Lynn Chaffee-Farey June 30, 1989-1991; Clair Willard Shaffer 1991-1993; Christopher Alan Ciampa 1993-1994; Beaver Falls Parish: Beaver Falls: First/Beaver Falls: Central: Christopher Alan Ciampa 1994-1999; Debra Darlene Palmer Eberhart Rogosky 1999-2001; Beaver Falls: First/Koppel/Clinton/Homewood: Edward William Rogosky 2001-2003; Beaver Falls: First/Beaver Falls: Riverview: Todd Melbourne Davis 2003-2004; Beaver Falls: First/Beaver Falls: Riverview: Todd Melbourne Davis 2004-2005; David A. Alleman Associate April 2, 2004-2005; Beaver Falls: First/Central David A. Alleman 2005--.
BEAVER FALLS: IMMANUEL BUTLER DISTRICT EVANGELICAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1876-1952
Location: Located at Thirteenth Street and Fourth Avenue, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
History: Evangelical (German) – Pittsburgh Conference. Immanuel Church was organized about 1876. Services were conducted in German language. A building was erected in 1878. The last Immanuel service was January 15, 1952. The members transferred to Otterbein or Riverview Churches.
Pastors: Beaver Falls: Immanuel: Unknown 1876-1881; Jacob Vogel 1881-1882; L. Pfeiffer 1882-1883; J. G. Zeigler 1883-1884; C. Wohlgemuth 1884-1887; A. H. Wendt 1887-1889; C. W. Neuondorf 1889-1891; E. W. Yaecker 1891-1893; J. Finkbeiner 1893-1897; J. Hoffman 1897-1899; C. Hollinger 1899-1900; G. W. Miller 1900-1901; J. Hoffman 1901-1903; J. Wahl 1903-1904; A Peter 1904-1905; E A. Bleck 1905-1906; S. E. Geotz 1906-1910; A. G. Dornheim 1910-1915; Ludwig Mayer 1915-1918; H. E. Dornheim 1918-1923; J. C. Wygant 1923-1924; J. C. Wygant and Paul E. Miller 1914-1925; Paul E. Miller 1925-1926; P. L. Griffiths 1926-1927; R. R. Doverspike 1927-1929; Herbert Hill Grove 1929-1935; S. R. Schieb 1935-1938; R. L. Fassinger 1938-1941; Ernest R. McClain 1941-1949; M. R. Tyson 1949-1951; C. W. Dietrich 1951-January 15, 1952. Closed.
BEAVER FALLS: OTTERBEIN BUTLER DISTRICT UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE 1902 Mailing Address: 1833 Seventh Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA 15010-4053 724/843-7887 ID: 189420 Location: Located at the corner of 19th Street and Seventh Avenue in the Borough of Beaver Falls, Beaver County, PA.
History: United Brethren – Allegheny Conference. The first services were held in 1894-1895 but nothing permanent was done. In 1899 Reverend J. J. Funk became pastor at Industry and visited members who had moved to Beaver Falls and in 1901 a service was held in Fox’s Hall. A brick building on Fifth Avenue was secured and regular services were held. The Church was organized on January 12, 1902 with 13 members. After Reverend J. J. Funk came the first regular appointed pastor of the new mission in the person of Reverend J. R. King. He preached his first sermon on October 13, 1901. The Class was organized January 12, 1902. In 1904 a corner lot was purchased for $3,900. The Branch Christian Endeavor sponsored this Church and it was named Beaver Falls Christian Endeavor Memorial Church. Services were held at 1821 Seventh Avenue until the dedication of the sanctuary January 25, 1905 by Dr. W. R. Funk. During the pastorate of Reverend C. G. White a Sunday School unit and gymnasium were added in 1925 and dedicated September 6, 1925 by Dr. J. S. Fulton. A second floor was added to the unit in 1965. From this church came the Bennett’s Run church. The name was originally First United Brethren Church. In 1968 it became Otterbein United Methodist Church. In 1970 it was linked with Bennett’s Run. The membership in 1970 was 215. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 167.
Pastors: Beaver Falls: Christian Endeavor Memorial/Industry: James J. Funk June 1901-September 1901; J. R. King 1901-1902; C. W. Hutsler 1902-1904; W. W. Rhymer 1904-1905; A. L. Funk 1905-1907; A. Boring 1907-1910; A. B. Wilson 1910-1911; A. R. Henrickson 1911-1912; G. R. Alban 1912-1914; P. F. Mickey 1914-1918; Beaver Falls: First United Brethren/Bennett’s Run: W. G. Fulton 1918-1923; Charles G. White 1923-1925; S. H. Cunningham 1925-June 1926; W. V. Barnhart 1926-1927; L. C. Rose 1927-1929; T. L. Keirman 1929-1931; C. H. Keller 1931-1932; Frank B. Gilchrist 1932-1942; James Nevin Strohm 1942-1943; Orin Alexander Womer 1943-1945; W. R. Fisher 1945-1948; Charles Harold Empfield 1948-1951; Elias Alvin Kessler 1951-1955; Ivan Steele Thompson 1955-June 1967; Herbert Lawrence Lohr 1967-1968; Name changed to Beaver Falls: Otterbein: 1968-1969; Ralph Scott 1969-1969; Perry Edgewood Pyle 1969-1972; Albert Jacob Steiner June 1972-1978; Thomas Snyder Lynn 1978-1979; Thomas Melvin Himes 1979-1984; Ronald George Naugle 1984-1994; Arthur Leroy Black 1994-1996; Wade S. Barto 1996-2002; Beaver Falls: Bennett’s Run/Beaver Falls: Otterbein: Wade S. Barto 2002-2005; Beaver Falls: North: Beaver Falls: Otterbein/Bennett’s Run/Clinton/Wampum Tina Grossman 2005-2006; Brian Keller Associate 2005--; Beaver Falls: North: Bennett’s Run/Clinton/ Otterbein/Wampum: Tina Grossman Keller 2006--; Brian Keller Associate 2005--;
BEAVER FALLS: RIVERVIEW BUTLER DISTRICT EVANGELICAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1919 Mailing Address: 1099 Darlington Road, Beaver Falls, PA 15010-2861 724/843-3620 ID: 189431 Location: Located on the southwest corner of 11th Street and Darlington Road in the Borough of Beaver Falls, Beaver County, PA
History: Evangelical Church – Pittsburgh Conference. Organized March 30, 1919 by members of the Immanuel Church. A building was dedicated on July 10, 1921. A new building was dedicated May 9, 1954. An educational unit was added and dedicated January 17, 1965. In 1970 Riverview had 513 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 411.
Pastors: Beaver Falls: Riverview: Harry E. Dornheim 1919-1923; J. C. Wygant and Paul E. Miller, Associate 1923-1926; Paul E. Miller 1926-1930; J. Edgar Walter 1930-1933; Harry E. Dornheim 1933-1943; Charles Herbert Stang 1943-1951; Clyde Wilburt Dietrich 1951-1959; Donald James Joiner 1959-1968; Gerald Allen McCormick 1968-July 15, 1972; Dotson True Spangler 1972-1974; Ralph Wilson Martin, Jr., 1974-1979; Frank Byran Garlathy 1979-1983; William Frank Rautner 1983-1992; George Edward Himes 1992-1993; Dale Urey Livermore 1993-1997; Todd Melbourne Davis 1997-2003; Beaver Falls: Riverview/Beaver Falls: First: Todd Melbourne Davis 2003-2005; David A. Alleman Associate April 2, 2004-2005; James W. Parkinson 2005--.
BEAVER: FIRST BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – BALTIMORE CONFERENCE 1820 Mailing Address: 345 College Avenue, Beaver, PA 15009-2290 724/775-2893 ID: 95308 Location: Located at College Ave., between 3rd and Turnpike Streets in the Borough of Beaver, Beaver County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal – Baltimore Conference. In 1820 Reverend William Swayze, Presiding Elder of the Ohio District, organized a Class in a house known as Coulters Tavern on Second Street near College Avenue. This Class with one in Bridgewater and one in Sharon (Upper end of Bridgewater) worshipped in a small frame church built on a hillside in Sharon. This is believed to be the first Methodist Episcopal Church built in Beaver County. In 1830 a church was built in Irvine Park under the pastorate of Reverend George S. Holmes. In 1868-1869 the church was torn down and a new building was completed in 1872. During the interim services were held in the courthouse. The ladies provided funds for the purchase of a bell, the first church bell ever heard in Beaver. Reverend William H. Locke was the pastor. In 1905 a new building was completed under the pastorate of Reverend Appleton Bash. In 1961 the educational building was completed under the pastorate of Reverend Clifford Delmont Buell. In 1968 the Sanctuary (Chapel) was remodeled under the pastorate of Reverend Frank Irvin Snavely. The first parsonage was built on Second and Insurance Street in 1866. This was demolished and a new parsonage was built on the same location in 1900. It was razed in 1976 because of the need for extensive repairs. A new parsonage was built on the same site. The membership in 1968 was 997. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 629.
Pastors: Beaver Circuit: Beaver: First: Abel Robinson and Daniel Davison 1812-1812; Jacob Gorwell 1812-1813; John G. Cicil 1813-1814; James Watts 1814-1815; Henry Baker 1815-1816; Ezra Boothe 1816-1817; Shenango Circuit/Beaver Circuit: Beaver: First: Jacob Hooper and Samuel Baker 1817-1818; Beaver Circuit: Beaver: First: John C. Brooke 1818-1819; William Cunningham and James C. Hunter 1919-1920; William Cunningham and Charles Trescott 1820-1821; John Graham and William Tipton 1821-1822; Dennis Goodard and Billings O. Plimpton 1822-1823; Ezra Boothe and Albert G. Richardson 1823-1824; Samuel Adams and Robert Finley Hopkins 1824-1825; Pittsburgh Conference Organized in 1825: Beaver Circuit: Beaver: First: Charles Cooke 1825-1826; David Sharpe 1826-1827; Alfred Brunson 1827-1828; Jonathan Holt 1828-1829; George S. Holmes 1829-1830; William C. Henderson 1830-1831; Beaver: First: George S. Holmes 1831-1832; Beaver Circuit: Beaver: First: George S. Holmes 1832-1833; Beaver: First/Brighton: Joshua Monroe 1833-1834; Beaver: First: Joshua Monroe 1834-1835; Nathaniel Callender 1835-1837; Zarah Hale Coston 1837-1838; Abner Jackson 1838-1839; William W. Stevens 1939-41; David R. Hawkins 1841-1843; Joshua Monroe 1843-1844; James M. Bray 1844-1845; David L. Dempsey 1845-1847; Enoch G. Nicholson 1847-1848; J. T. W. Auld 1848-1849; Hamilton Cree, Jr. 1849-1851; George S. Holmes 1951-1852; Josiah Dillon 1852-1853; Josiah J. Gibson 1953-1854; Thomas McCleary 1854-1855; Thomas McCleary and Jacob Keiss Miller 1855-1856; Sheridan Baker 1856-1857; Jacob Keiss Miller 1857-1858; Simeon Martin Hickman 1858-1859; Martin Luther Weekly 1859-1860; Tertullus Davidson 1860-1861; Harry M. McAbee 1861-1862; H. W. Baker 1862-1863; Sylvester Burt 1863-1866; James Sansom Bracken 1866-1868; James Hollingshead 1868-1870; William H. Locke 1870-1873; William Lynch 1873-1876; Hiram Miller 1876-1879; Isaac A. Pearce 1879-1881; Rezin Beeson Mansell 1881-1884; William Brown Watkins 1884-1888; Asbury L. Petty 1888-1890; Edward J. Knox 1890-1894; Charles Avery Holmes and Morton C. Hartzel 1894-1897; Mark A. Riggs 1897-1899; Appleton Bash 1899-1907; John W. Langdale 1907-1912; Sherman Pomeroy Young 1912-1915; John Lane Miller 1915-1917; Sanford W. Corcoran 1917-1922; Thomas George Hicks 1922-1924; Jacob Simpson Payton 1924-1926; William M. Baumgartner 1926-1927; Richard M. Fowles 1927-1929; Homer David Whitfield 1929-1935; James Vernon Wright 1935-1940; Charles Reimond Wolf 1940-1948; Nicholas F. Richards 1948-1954; Benjamin Franklin Shue 1954-1958; Clifford Delmont Buell 1958-1966; Frank Irvin Snavely 1966-1976; Wayne Bertis Price 1976-1983; William Robert Wilson 1983-1991; Dennis Mearl Henley 1991-1999; Ralph Philip Cotten 1999-July 22, 2007; Jeffrey Charles Bobin Associate 2004-2006; Barry LaMont Lewis part time interim July 22, 2007--;
BOYERS BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1857 Mailing Address: PO Box 124, Boyers, PA 16020-0124 724/735-4626 ID: 86348 Location: Located at 933 Cemetery Road in the Village of Boyers on Route 308 in Butler County, PA
History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. The Church grew out of a Class organized in the Thomas F. Christley home located a short distance from the Pleasant Valley Church, by Reverend John McComb from Clintonville in 1857. The first church building was a log structure built in 1860. The second building was built in 1872 at Old Annandale and then moved to Boyers in 1895. In 1941 seven educational rooms, a basement, kitchen and dining room were added. This building burned on March 31, 1959. A new brick Church was dedicated on June 26, 1960. The Church has been on the Centerville, North Washington, and West Sunbury Circuits. In 1968 it is one of two churches on the Boyers Charge. The membership in 1968 was | |
