Messiah Lutheran Church (Keokuk, Iowa) Records

Record Group

Identifier: Collection ID-0946

Staff Only

List of pastors

Rev. Alfred Faulstick 1927-1929
Rev. George Perlich 1930-1940
Rev. M.F. Scheel 1940-1943
Rev. Lester Peter 1944-1949
Rev. Edwin Breiholz 1950-1958
Rev. William Jording 1959-1970
Rev. Gilbert Croll 1970-1977
Rev. Lawrence Smith 1977-1979
Rev. George Volkert 1980-1987
Rev. Clarence Mankin 1987-1989
Rev. Bruce Osborne 1990-1993
Rev. Patrick Fodor 1993-1998
Rev. Karl Bollhagen 1998-2002
Rev. Paul Beisel 2002-?

Scope and Contents

This collection includes Official Acts, Membership Lists, Voters' Meeting Minutes 1934-1937, 1965-2013, 2018-2019, VBD Information 1959-1968, Treasurer's Book for 1929-1936 and 1941-1943.

Official Acts

Baptisms 1970-1985, 1994
Confirmations 1961, 1974-1987
Marriages 1970-1986, 1994, 1997
Deaths 1970-1987

Dates

Creation: 1929 - 2019

Biographical / Historical

Messiah Lutheran Church (Keokuk, Iowa) became an official congregation of the LCMS on January 29, 1928. This group was without a church building until the dedication of a basement church at the present location on June 16, 1935. The current church structure was built on top of the original basement church and was completed and dedicated on June 7, 1953. Between 1987-2002, Messiah was served by pastors who were called to Concordia Lutheran Church (Warsaw, Illinois) due to Messiah's financial situation. In Spring 2002, Messiah entered into a dual parish relationship with Concordia. The closing service for Messiah was held on December 2, 2018.