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List of Churches in Berks County, Pennsylvania: A through R <!– To see which churches are still active or locate the township for a church you are seeking, to locate an address or phone number for a church, try using a white page search engine. Also check the list of church records available at the … Read more
List of Churches in Berks County, Pennsylvania: S through Z <!– To see which churches are still active or locate the township for a church you are seeking, to locate an address or phone number for a church, try using a white page search engine. Also check the list of church records available at the … Read more
History of Perkiomen Seminary, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 776 Although it is located in Montgomery County, it served many people in Berks county over the years. It is still in operation in Pennsburg, PA Surnames: WIEAND, KRIEBEL, GILBERT, GRUBB, HEEBNER, HERSH, … Read more
Schuylkill Valley Bible Church Source: Centreport Centennial 1884-1984 by Milton K. and Luella E. Blatt, page 494: In November of 1963 several families living in this area felt a call for a place of witnessing and worship in the community since they had a drive of about 20 miles to a church of their faith. … Read more
History of Shalter’s (Salem) Reformed and Lutheran Church, Upper Alsace, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 987 Surnames: BEITELMAN, SHALTER, MIESSE, LEINBACH, DANNER, YUNDT, SNYDER, HERBEIN, IAEGER, BROWNMILLER, MOYER Shalter’s (Salem) Reformed and Lutheran Union Church- Highly located in the northern section of Upper Alsace … Read more
History of Zion’s (Spiess) Reformed and Lutheran Union Church, Upper Alsace, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 984. Surnames: SPIESS, FEGER, BOAS, ANGSTADT, BAER, BABB, SCHADE, KNABB, HARLINE, KELLER, MOYER, HARTMAN, HINNERSHITZ, LUTZ, SCHLOTTMAN, SCHMECK, FIES, SEIDEL, FOLK, HOCH, HERBEIN, PALM, SEYLER, HERMAN, LEINBACH, WILDBAHN, … Read more
History of St. James Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County. Surnames: KELLER, MILLER, LAMPE, SCHMUCKER, HORINE, ZWEIZIG St. James Lutheran Church. St. James Church originated in a movement to establish a purely English congregation in harmony with conservative Lutheran doctrine and usage. Rev. … Read more
This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1391. Surnames: MILLER, YEAGER, WENDT, GROH, BOYER, WEBER St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Boyertown, Pa. The first record of this congregation is a baptism on the 30th of June, 1811. Whatever historical records may have been kept are either … Read more
History of St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hamburg, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomerys 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1378. Surnames: KERCHER, KEARCHER, MISHLER, LEHMAN, KNOSKE, ENGEL, STREIN, WALZ, KELLER, IAEGER, EBERMAN, KLINE, ZWEIZIG, DRUMHELLER, MILLER, GABLE, KLINE St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hamburg, Berks County, Pa. Since June, 1901, … Read more
History of St. Lukes Evangelical Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1381. Surnames: HUNTZINGER, MOSER, FOX, FRY St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rev. F. K. Huntzinger, Pastor. One of the largest Lutheran congregations in Pennsylvania is St. Luke’s, in the city of … Read more