Zoar Methodist Church & Cemetery - S. of Troy, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 53.667 W 091° 00.798
15S E 672294 N 4306939
Called the German Methodist Church, because of the founders of the church, when built, then because Zoar Methodist Church...after the biblical name.
Waymark Code: WM10GK7
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2019
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County of church: Lincoln County
Location of church: MO Hwy J & Zoar Church Rd., S. of Troy
Built: 1873
Number of grave sites: 210
"German Methodist Church:
In the southeast part of Clark Township, near Schroeder's Mill. It was so named for the nationality of the original congregation. The records were kept in German. It is also called the Zoar Methodist Church. Zoar is a Biblical name which means "little" and it was the "little" city that escaped the destruction of Sodom (GEN. 19:17-22)." ~ The State of Missouri 1904, Walter Williams, volume I, page 403
"17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.