Peace Lutheran Church was officially organized on 31 December 1908. Many Volga German families joined Peace Lutheran.
Peace Lutheran Church is affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS).
Location:
411 E. 6th St.
McCook, NE 69001
308.345.2595
Evangelical St. John's Church was organized in 1907 by a group of Volga Germans in the "North Bottoms" area of Lincoln, Nebraska. The congregation belonged to the Evangelical Synod of North America until it became independent in 1926.
In 1949, it joined the German Congregational Association of Nebraska and then became a member of the United Church of Christ when that body formed in the 1960s.
Location:
901 Charleston Street
Lincoln, Nebraska
History:
In 1900, First German Congregational Church granted the Rev. E.C. Osthoff and some forty families letters of dismissal to organize the German Congregational Zion Church. A building was constructed at 4th and "F" Streets. In 1927, Zion put up a new building at 9th and "D". In 1997, Zion merged with Covenant Presbyterian Church to form Zion Presbyterian (PCA). On 9 June 2007, the former Zion Congregational building at 9th and "D" was destroyed by fire.
A new facility was built at 5511 South 27th St.
On 19 August 1866, First Congregational Church was organized in what was then known as Lancaster, Nebraska. The name of the town was changed to Lincoln a year later. In 1869, the congregation completed its first building at 13th and L Streets, where the Cornhusker Hotel is now located.
In 1887, First Congregational Church was instrumental in the establishment of Plymouth Congregational Church. Its location was at the corner of 17th and A Streets. First was set out 45 members to form Vine Congregational Church in 1890.
German Evangelical Lutheran Friedens Church was organized on 15 February 1907 by the Revs. E. Pfeiffer and Luther P. Ludden. The congregation built a church at the corner of 6th and D Streets which was dedicated on 1 December 1907. A fire in 1925 destroyed the second steeple at the west end of the church, which was not rebuilt, and as a result, a balcony along the south wall of the church was removed. This building is still in use by the congregation.
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The First German Congregational Church was organized in 1876 in Lincoln, Nebraska, among a group of German immigrants from the Volga area of Russia. The group re-organized in 1888.
Regular services were held in rooms of the Park School building from May of 1888 until 1889. The congregation was led by Adam Traudt, a student from the Chicago Theological Seminary who left his studies for a year to minister to the spiritual needs of these people.
In 1967, St. John's United Church of Christ merged with nearby Salem United Church of Christ to form Faith United Church of Christ. The new congregation occupied the old Salem buildings and the St. John's property was sold. On 12 July 2009, Faith United held its final service.
The building is now the home to the congregation of Redeemer Presbyterian Church of America (PCA), the "daughter congregation" of Zion Presbyterian Church which was destroyed by fire in 2007.
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In 1915, a group of families led by Rev. J.F. Grove decided to withdraw from the Zion Congregational Church and form a fourth German Congregational Church in the newly developing area of southwest Lincoln. The new church was named the German Ebenezer Evangelical Congregational Church and was accepted into the Nebraska Congregational Conference. A building was constructed on the southeast corner of 8th and B Streets. All services and activities were conducted in the German language until English was introduced in the 1930s. Not until the 1950s was the use of German eliminated completely.
The German Congregational Church of Hastings was founded in 1890.
First Location:
502 South New York Ave.
Hastings, Nebraska
Second Location:
2810 W. Seventh St.
Hastings, NE 68901-3410
402.462.4136