Plainfield Charge (Northampton Co., PA)

The first church was established in 1763 with Rev. Dr. Weyberg (March to December 1763) having pastoral charge of Plainfield, Easton, Dryland and Greenwich NJ. The second church building was built of logs in 1805 under pastorate of Rev. Thomas Pomp (1796-1848). The third church, St. Peter's Church, was a union church (Reformed and Lutheran) built in 1832 of bricks. The Reformed pastor was Rev. Thomas Pomp and the Lutheran pastor was Rev. J.A. Probst. In 1793, the charge changed to be composed of Easton, Plainfield, Dryland, and Mt. Bethel with Rev. Christian Ludwig Becker (1793-1795) as pastor. In 1808, Mt. Bethel was removed from the charge and Lower Saucon was added. Other pastors included Rev. Frederick Henop 1766-1769; Rev. Mr. Pithan 1769-1771; John Wm. Weber 1771-1777; Rev. William Ingold 1777-1786; Rev. Lebrecht F. Herman 1786-1790; Rev. Christian Eichenberg 1848-1850; Rev. Erasmus Helfrich 1850-1858; Rev. E.W. Reinecke 1858-1890; Rev. Geo. Lisberger 1891-1902; Rev. W.H. Brong 1903; Rev. Forrest Miller 1965. In 1959 the Welsh Salem Congregational Church (started in 1890) united with the Trinity E&R Church (started in 1903) to form Trinity-Salem UCC. In 1968 St. Peter's UCC merged with Trinity-Salem UCC to form Hope UCC. Pastors who have served this charge include: 1763-1763 Casper D. Weyberg 1764-1765 John D. Gross (supply) 1765-1769 Frederick L. Henop 1769-1770 William Pithan 1771-1782 William Weber (licentiate supply) 1783-1786 John William Ingold 1786-1790 Lebrecht F. Herman 1793-1795 Christian L. Becker 1796-1848 Thomas Pomp 1848-1850 Christian Eichenberg 1850-1858 Erasmus Helfrich 1858-1890 E. W. Reinecke 1890-1891 T. O. Stem (supply) 1891-1902 George J. Lisberger 1903-???? William H. Brong