First Protestant Church (New Braunfels, TX)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 311

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The First Protestant Church collection consists of one box containing: Bulletins; PUBLISHED HISTORY 1845-1955; HISTORY (NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF PASTORS AND CHURCH BUILDING) 1947, 1985, 1986; NEWSLETTERS 1959, 1982-1984, 1985-1986, 1987-1988, 1989-1990, 1991; PHOTOGRAPH; SERMON 1982. THE FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE 1845 - 1955. Compiled by Oscar Haas. New Braunfels, Tx: Zeitung, 1955.

Dates

Creation: 1845 - 1991

Biographical / Historical

First Protestant Church was incorporated on October 15, 1845 in the Republic of Texas and changed its name to First Protestant Church in May 1986; withdrew from the UCC in December 1997. Pastors included Louis Cachand Ervendberg 1845-1851, Gustav Wilhelm Eisenlohr 1851-1857, August Schuchard 1858-1876, Bernhard Sickel 1876-1878, J. Goerg Muelder 1879-1886, Wilhelm Helmkamp 1886-1889, Max Ratsch 1889-1891, Georg Gustav Knus 1891-1896, Friedrich Westphal 1896-1899, Gottlob Mornhinweg 1899-1926, Carl H. Zeyher 1925-1926, Otto C. Bassler 1926-1931, Herman G. Borne 1932-1937, Edwin H. Berger 1937-1951, Carl David Burkle, J. Linwood Kennedy.