Grand River Methodist Church
Contributed by Joanne Baker
Dedication of the Methodist Episcopalian Church in Davis City
Methodist Notes 15 November 1900
Methodist Episcopalian Church May 9, 1901
 Davis City Assembly of God Sunday School 1920 |
 Davis City Church of Christ 1917 |
 Davis City Sunday School 1918 |
 Union Church, Davis City 1908 |
Eden
Eden Prairie Church
Franklin
Franklin Church of the Brethern including photos and transcriptions from the Centenniel Celebration
Garden Grove
M. E. Church Reception for Bennet
Grand River
Grand River Tennessee Church Courtesy of the Decatur County Historical Society Museum
History of Grand River Assembly Church
Catholic Church in Grand River
Grand River Methodist Church Burns
Lamoni
 Lamoni Methodist Church, built in 1872 and moved to Lamoni in 1881. Courtesy of Alma Blair |
St. Brendan's Church of Leon and St. Mary's Church of Grand River Records Contributed by Betty Scheetz
Leon Church of the Brethren, submitted by Nancee (McMurtrey) Siefert
Methodist/Episcopal Ladies Guild of Leon
Leon Methodist Church Pastor PILCHER
Leon Christian Church - 50 Yrs. 1904
Leon Christian Church 50 Yrs. Part 2
Leon Christian Church 50 Yrs. Part 3
Christian Church Party in Leon
First Presbyterian Church of Leon - Present Church on the left and the Church in 1857 on the right. Contributed by Emily Layton.
Loving Chapel
History of Presbyterian Church
Rev. A. J. MCMURTRIE Revival
Pleasanton
Old Methodist Church in Pleasanton, taken June 30, 2007. Contributed by Stacy Smith.
Van Wert
Van Wert Church of Christ
Weldon Church of Christ possibly early 1900's. Contributed by Sherry Balow.
Iowa County Links for Primitive Baptist Churches
Decatur County Churches
History of the Catholic Church Decatur County, Iowa By Rev. Edward J. Harkin, Pastor l956 (No Copyright)
History of Elk Chapel
Dunkards Churches
Little River Info for Decatur Co. Web Page
The first RLDS Church branch organized in Iowa was in Franklin Township in 1859, but there are no records from this, and it lasted only two or three years. The second branch to be organized was in the Nine Eagles area that was settled by many "Mormons" or Latter Day Saints who choose not to follow any of the factions of the church after the death of the founder, Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1844 at Nauvoo, IL.
Two missionaries of what came to be known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, W. W. Blair and E. C. Briggs, came across southern Iowa in 1859 contacting LDS members and telling them of the "New Organization" that was forming.
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) was formally organized April 6, 1860 under the leadership of the son of the founder, Joseph Smith, III.
The church is now known as Community of Christ with headquarters in Independence, MO.
The Little River Branch name changed to Pleasanton Branch in 1882 and continues in approximately the same location. It is the oldest existing RLDS Church branch in Iowa. Branch records courtesy of Community of Christ Archives.
For further history and information, see web page: Community of Christ/Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
For membership records research contact: bbernauer@cofchrist.org.
Baptisms March 1899
LDS Reunion August 1906
Lamoni RLDS Church 1907, Courtesy of the Decatur County Historical Society Museum
Pleasanton RLDS Church Courtesy of the Decatur County Historical Society Museum
Churches of Decatur County
- Allertron United Methodist
- Beaconsfield United Methodist
- Clio United Methodist
- Davis City
- Assembly of God
- Church of Christ
- Faith Baptist
- United Methodist
- Decatur
- Assembly of God
- Restoration Branch
- United Methodist
- Garden Grove Apostilic Christian
- Grand River
- Assembly of God
- Gods Holy Spirit Filled Peoples Church
- St. Patrick's Catholic
- United Methodist
- Word With Spirit Ministries
- High Point United Methodist
- Kellerton
- Assembly of God
- Christian
- United Methodist
- LeRoy United Presbyterian
- Lineville
- Assembly of God
- Christian (Interdenominational)
- Lineville Baptist
- United Methodist
- Mt. Carmel Woodland Community Church
- Van Wert
- Assembly of God
- United Methodist
- Weldon
- Christian
- United Methodist
- Lamoni
- First Baptist
- United Methodist
- Leon
- Assembly of God
- Brethren
- Calvery Baptist
- Christian
- Church of Christ
- First Presbyterian
- Independent Bible
- Loving Chapel United Methodist
- Mt. Zion Mennonite Chapel
- New Salem Baptist
- Our Saviors Lutheran
- Salem Mennonite
- St. Brendans Catholic
- Pleasanton United Methodist
- RLDS Churches
- Andover
- Bloomington
- Davis City
- Lamoni
- Lamoni Manor
- Leon
- Pleasanton
Copyright 2006 Stacey McDowell Dietiker