VGI Updates

The Seventh Day Adventist Church in Follett traces its beginning to a service held there by The Rev. C. D. Hein on 23 May 1923.

A new church building was completed in October 1923 and dedicated on 24 May 1924.

In 1965, the Follett congregation consolidated with the congregation in Shattuck, Oklahoma.

Zion Lutheran Church in Follett, Texas, was organized on 3 August 1919 by The Rev. Louis H. Deffner. It is affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

The following were charter members: Dean Kinzelt, S. F. Mandalek, Gottfried Borth, Martin Mandalek, J. J. Riffel, Fred Myer, and Frank Mandalek.

The first church building was dedicated 8 April 1923.

St. John's German Congregational Church was organized in Follett, Texas, in 1926. It was located five miles west and three miles south of the town of Follett.

The following were charter members: Mr. & Mrs. Fred F. Yauck, Mr. & Mrs. George Kraft, Mr. & Mrs. Fred F. Jergenson, Mr. & Mrs. Dave File, Mr. & Mrs. G. H. Helfenbein, Mr. & Mrs. Dave Helfenbein, Mr. & Mrs. Henry Swenn, Sr., Mr. & Mrs. Robert Redelsperger, Mr. & Mrs. Fred F. Meyer, Mr. & Mrs. Chris Weidner.

A German Congregational Church was founded in 1881 in Beavercreek southeast of Portland under the leadership of The Rev. F. Ewald. It was reorganized in 1897.

A German Congregational Church was founded in 1887 in the Cedar Mills neighborhood of Beaverton, Oregon, under the leadership of The Rev. John Graf. The congregational reorganized in 1895.

A German Congregational Church was founded in Weatherford, Oklahoma, in 1903.

Salem Congregational Church was founded in Tangier in 1925. It was affiliated with the German Congregational Church.

A German Congregational Church was founded in Okeene in 1919 under the leadership of Rev. F. Willmann. The parish does not appear to have active past 1928.

The German Congregational Church in Sidney, Montana, was founded in 1919.