Immanuel Evangelical Church - Fort Morgan
Immanuel Evanglical Church was founded as the German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuels Church on 25 March 1916 and was incorporated on 8 May 1916.
Charter members of the congregation included:
Peter Ruppel, Sr.
Fred Kembel, Sr.
George Brandt, Sr.
David Neb, Sr.
George Ruppel, Jr.
Gottfried Sagel
Adam Fisher
George Neb
Jacob Loose
Henry Wolfe, Sr.
David Meyer
David Sagel, Sr.
Jacob Schlothauer, Sr.
Fred D. Weimer, Sr.
Henry Brandt, Sr.
Henry Kauffman
Other early leaders of the congregation included:
Karl Meng
David Boehm
A new church building was begun in 1974 and dedicated on 15 June 1975.
Known today as Immanuel Evangelical Church, the congregation has been affiliated with the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (CCCC) since 1986.
Location:
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
970.867.5937
Immanuel Evangelical Church has been served by the following pastors:
Albert Fuenning (1916-1922)
Tobias Schmunk (1922-1928)
M. Schuster (1928)
O. F. Geisler (1928-1930)
Jakob Roth (1930-1934)
J. F. Krueger (1934-1936)
A. Wienbrauck (1936-1937)
G. T. Zucher (1937-1945)
Kurt Hofius (1947-1949)
Tobias Schmunk (1949-1958)
Edmund Kuppinger (1958-1965)
Edwin Dahmer (1966-1968)
Arthur K. Wetzel (1969-1973)
Leonard R. Bergstrom (1973-1976)
Harold Goldman (1976-1978)
Henry Vieth (1978-1983)
James Kallenburg (1984-1994)
Robert Tolson (1994-)
- IEC History, 1941.
Immanuel Evangelical Church (website)
Immanuel Congregational Church in Fort Morgan, Colorado
Source: Directory of Religious Properties: Colorado State Register of Historic Places.
Immanuel Congregational Church Bell Tower (1983)
Source: Congregational website.