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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

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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