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Pastors of Our Church

Pastors from many different backgrounds have been called by God to serve Christian Union. They include Baptist, Methodist, Congregational Disciples, Evangelical United Brethren, Community Churches, Evangelical and Reformed, and United Church of Christ. In the churches earlier days, Eureka College has provided pastoral leadership during transitional times. The following is a chronological list of pastors that have served.

Rev. David E. McLeish1872-1874
Rev. Mr. Jamison1875-1877
Rev. B. W. Baker1878
Rev. A. M. Connard1889-1890
Rev. Mr. Francis1891-1892
Rev. Mr. Hutchinson1892-1893
Rev. W. A. Bass1893-1895
Rev. William Bower1895-1897
Rev. A. J. Boelter
Rev. M. Gonewald
1897-1899
Rev. Parsons1899-1900
Rev. Edward A. Palmer1900-1901
Professor Silas Jones1901-1902
Rev. J. A. Musser1902-1907
Rev. D. D. Madden1907-1908
Rev. Leslie Bohnert1909-1910
Rev. J. B. Speaker1910-1911
Professor Boyer1911
Professor Silas Jones1912-1917
Rev. Eldred Cleave1917-1921
Rev. J. D. Calhoun1921-1924
Rev. Charles Fitzhenry1924-1927
Rev. W. A. Stauffer1927-1929
Rev. Melvin W. Lang1929-1936
Rev. Melvin E. Soltau1936-1941
Rev. Irvin D. Stehr1941-1947
Rev. E. E. Schaefer1948-1950
Dr. Fred Riley1950-1953
Stephen Diller1953-1957
Rev. John Story1957-1962
Rev. Clifford Janssen1962-1969
Rev. Kenneth Roedder1969-1981
Rev. Alfred Jeffries1981-1982
Rev. Robert Rezash
Will Hostetler*
1982-1987
1984-1987
Rev. Pamela June Webb
Rev. Dennis Frische-Mouri*
1987-1989
1987-1989
Rev. Dr. John Szilvasy
Rev. Dennis Frische-Mouri*
1990-1997
1990
Rev. Glenn E. Riddell1997-1998
Rev. Roger A. Ruhman1998-2000
Rev. Dr. Rick Mortimer2000-2007
Dr. George E. Hines2007
Rev. Gary Salm2007-Present
*served as youth minister
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