St. Peter's Evangelical (Chicago, IL)

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ was organized in 1864 by Rev. Joseph Hartmann. He was previously the pastor of St. Paul’s Church. Still, members on the west side of the town were having difficulty getting to the church, so he established a new congregation, St. Peter’s German United Evangelical Lutheran Congregation. They purchased a plot of land on the corner of Chicago Ave. and Noble St. Rev. John Schmidt was the first pastor until Rev. John Bund took over, and a new church building was constructed on the old site, along with school rooms. The school was abolished in 1918 due to costs. As the city grew, they relocated in 1904 to Cortez St. and Oakley Blvd. They opened a new section known as Belmont Gardens in 1918, which was used as a Sunday school. A new church building was built in 1956.

Pastors; John Schmidt (1864-1866) John Bund (1867-1870) Gotthilf J. Lambrecht (1870-1918) Henry E. Lambrecht (1919-1958) Warren Mueler (1958-1975) Charles F. Mayer (1975-2008) Michael Smith (Associate Pastor) (1982) Shawn Kafader (Ordination) (1985) Virginia Moore (1994-2000) Kerry Waller (Associate Pastor) (2003-) Daniel R. Sather (2015-2017) Jon Gilbert Martinez (2017-2019) Scott R. Paeth (2019-2020)