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and the Rev. S.A. Stewart was named pastor. He served about 9 and 1/2
years. The Rev. J.D. Humphrey was called to the pastorate in 1903 and was serving at
the time of the 25th anniversary.
The
present building was erected at a cost of more than $3,000 in 1880 and
dedicated free of debt on February 17, 1881.
A
Women's Missionary Society and the Young People's Society of Christian
Endeavor has been active in the life of the church from its earliest
years. The Missionary Society is now known as The Presbyterian Women of
North Liberty; and the Christian Endeavor Society continues to be a very
active group with three divisions beginning at first grade and
continuing through high school.
Throughout
her history North Liberty Presbyterian Church has been served by only 14
pastors. The present pastor is The Rev. Jerry A.
Mahaffey who began his service to the church June 4,1972.
Submitted
by Corinne Gustafson
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North
Liberty Presbyterian Church
was organized June 1,1880, by Dr. Robert
Walker and Rev. Samuel Williams,
with a membership of seventy-one. The first elders chosen by the
congregation were Levi Dale, A. S. Barber and
John Boylee. The present church building, a
commodious and conveniently arranged frame structure, was erected in the
summer of the same year at a cost of $3,500. It admirably serves the
purpose for which it was intended, The only pastor the church
has ever had is its present efficient minister, Rev. J. H.
Wright. Under his charge the congregation has been blessed with
a fair measure of temporal and spiritual prosperity, and has grown in
member ship until it numbers at present fifty within it folds. The
present elders of the congregation consist of Levi
Dale, A. S. Barber, John Boyles, Andrew Breckenridge and James
Thorp.
From History of
Mercer County, 1888, page 558.
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