VGI Updates

In 1906, German-Russian immigrants who had settled in and around Rocky Ford, Colorado organized themselves into a Congregational Church which they named United German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Congregational Church of Rocky Ford. There were forty people who signed the original charter.

A church building was constructed in 1907 at 503 S. 4th Street, and in 1908 the church voted to become a member of the Colorado State Conference of German Congregational Churches.

As the number of members dwindled, the church was disbanded on 21 October 1979.

The Zoar Congregational Church was started in the 1930s by Volga Germans living in the area around Keenesburg and Prospect Valley. Rev. A. Rux was a visiting minister from 1932-1934. The church was officially organized on 23 March 1937 and Rev. Jacob Wagner and Rev. Harry Pfeiff served the church until 1943.

The German Congregational Church was founded in Milliken in 1918 by Volga German families that had settled in the area.

Zion Congregational Church, founded in 1907, was Loveland’s second Congregational Church, First Congregational being the first.

Zion Congregational Church appears to have disbanded after 1924.

Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church was constructed at 745 E. 5th Street in 1915. By the 1970's this church building became associated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. By 1981, though, the building had become home to the Community Fellowship Baptist Church. In 1991, it had become known as the Church at Loveland.

Location:

745 E. 5th Street
Loveland, Colorado

Loveland’s First German Congregational Church was organized 24 November 1901, by the Reverend M.E. Eversz, D.D., and the Reverend Adam Traudt as the third German Congregational Church in Colorado. The previous two German Congregational Churches formed in Colorado were located in Denver.

The first German Congregational Church in Longmont was founded in 1908. It was reorganized in 1922, and "refounded" by fourteen Volga German families in 1924.

By 1957, the congregation's name had been changed to Christ Congregational Church, and the following year, moved to Francis Street & Mountain View Avenue. The old church facility became affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, then Grace Evangelical Free Church, and is most recently the Community of Christ Church.

First Location:

Former Location:

12th St. & 4th Ave.
Greeley, Colorado

Current Location:

1525 43rd Avenue
Greeley, CO 80634
970.353.5500

History:

The church was founded in 1905. By 1924, St. Paul's was one of 31 German Congregational congregations founded in Colorado.

At one point in its history, St. Paul's was located at 12th St. & 4th Ave. This structure is currently the home of Abundant Life Fellowship.

St. Paul's built a new facility at 1525 43rd Avenue.

Location:

4438 Sherman St.
Globeville (Denver), Colorado

History:

St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver was founded by immigrants from Beideck in 1905. It was disbanded in 1980 and the contents of its sanctuary were donated to the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia in Lincoln, Nebraska, and can now be found in the Society's All-Faiths Chapel.

Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church (Peace Lutheran Church) in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver was founded by immigrants from Dönhof in 1889. It was reorganized in 1915. In 1934, it became affiliated with the Evangelical & Reformed Churches of America. Due to declining membership, the congregation was disbanded in 1962.

Location