Wayne Township
Armstrong County Pennsylvania
Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1832 by Rev.
Gabriel A. Reichert. Peter Kammerdiener was the first elder and Christopher
Rupp and Abraham Zimmerman the first trustees. After Mr. Reichert left, the
pulpit was filled intermittently until 1876 when Rev. Michael Sweigert became
the pastor. The number of members then was 72, Sabbath school 50. The first
church edifice was a log one, 30 by 25 feet. The present one, a frame, 40 by
35 feet, was erected in 1874 on an acre lot donated by Jacob Kammerdiener,
near Belknap. A.F. Schaeffer was the pastor in 1904.
Source: History of Armstrong Company, Pennsylvania.
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