Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 063

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Zion Reformed Church collection consists of: - Annual Reports, 1919, 1955 - Bulletins - Church Records Original 1744-1950 Marriages, Baptisms, Deaths, Confirmations, Members.(transcription): Baptisms, 1740?-1800 transcribed by Ernest Waelder & Edited by Wilmer J. Eshleman, 1977; Baptisms, 1758-1803 transcribed by George Merle de Fere Zacharias. Transcription by Hinke 1758-1872 Financial Records, Building funds, Deed - History: General; News Clippings - Newsletters, 1939, 1971, 2012 consistory Meeting Minutes, Committees, Auxiliary Organizations; Ladies Aid Society, Gleaners Society, Foursquare Class, Mission Society, Bible School HISTORY OF THE NEW PROVIDENCE CHARGE, LANCASTER CLASSIS, SYNOD OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES, by J. M. Souder, 1886.

Dates

Creation: 1744 - 2012

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical / Historical

This church closed in 2020.

Pastors who have served include:

1752-1758 William Otterbein 1758-1763 William Stoy 1765-1769 William Handel 1771-1771 Charles Boehme 1775-1778 John C. Gobrecht 1779-1782 John T. Faber 1782-1794 William Hendel 1795-1806 Christian Becker 1806-1818 John Hoffmier 1818-1840 Henry B. Schaffner 1841-1842 Christian Weiler 1847-1850 B. C. Schory 1850-1852 E. H. Hoffheins 1854-1866 William Goodrich 1868-1869 J. V. Eckert 1870-1875 Joseph Hanneberry 1875-1876 W. E. Krebs 1876-1882 D. B. Shuey 1883-1903 J. M. Souder 1904-1911 J. W. Ault 1912-1914 S. R. Kresge 1914-1916 V. C. Hartman 1918-1943 H. E. Shepardson 1944-1949 Wallace A. Baum 1950-1954 Francis E. Ringer 1955-1958 Harry N. Goodlin 1958-1965 Richard J. Witmoyer 1965-1966 P. Paul Freeman (interim) 1966-1969 William J. Llewlyn-Phillips 1969-1988 Melvin H. Stinson 1989-2012 James R. Haun 2012-2013 Robert Bistline (interim) 2014-2016 Tresa Martin 2016-2020 Robert Bistline

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

German

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Church Records, 1758-1872 transcribed by William J. Hinke, 1938 SEE ALSO: MKZZ LA R12, 14-16 or Loan Microfilm #135 For: Additional copy of Church Records, 1740?-1800 transcribed by E. Waelder SEE ALSO: Microfilm #117 For: Additional Copy of Church Records, 1759-1803 transcribed by George Merle de Fere Zacharias SEE ALSO: Microfilm #265 For: Pastoral Records, 1808-1846 of Henry B. Schaffner (1784-1852) SEE ALSO: Ms. Coll. 132 or Microfilm #171 For: Tombstone Inscriptions SEE ALSO: F 157 .L2 T66 1935 v. 3 (pp. 20-87) For: Parochial Reports to the Lancaster Classis SEE ALSO: RG #64 For: History found in CHURCHES OF TODAY AND YESTERDAY, by Dunlap, Herbert & Yates,1968 SEE ALSO: F 157 .L2 F46 1968 (pp.146-151)