St. John's UCC Church - Berger, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 40.473 W 091° 20.358
15S E 644463 N 4281970
Originally Evangelische St. Johannis Kirche
Waymark Code: WM13BYZ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2020
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County of church: Franklin County
Location of church: Market St. & 2nd St., Berger
Founded: 1875
Building Built: 1900
Phone: 573-834-5226
Pastor: Eugenia (Genie) Althen, Pastor
"I am told the tower bell does work, but not used much anymore. The UCC church in town is now a satellite of the Bethany UCC church, when back in the 1800s it was the other way around.
The congregation is now so small, they phone each other when there is going to be a service, and it is not posted on the sign.
"Bethany congregation was not organized until 1853, but meetings were held in the home of Frederich Obertwortmann years earlier. Rev. C. Nestel was Bethany's first pastor. The first church was built of logs. In 1871 a stone ediface was completed. Bethany is called the "mother church" of the area Evangelical congregations, with pastors of the church founding St. James congregation at Stony Hill and St. John's in Berger. The residents of Berger Station in 1875 desired to have a church within the limits of the town. Rev. Fr. Werning became the first occupant of the pasonage built in 1877. Bethany and St. John's became one charge in 1953." ~ Berger, MO & PEEPs