St. John's Lutheran Church
Buy Ground For New Lutheran Church Building
About an acre of ground was bought the first of the week that will be used as a site for the new Lutheran church and parsonage to be erected in Wellsburg to replace the church building on the old Lutheran church site northeast of Wellsburg. This building was completely destroyed by fire a few weeks ago.The ground purchased for the new church property in Wellsburg is part of the former John Tjaden farm now owned by the M. H. Tjaden children. It is on the primary highway. The county road maintainer shed is located on the ground. This will be moved to a new site. The new church property measures 150x200 feet.
By a vote of about 3 to 1 the Lutheran church congregation a week ago decided to build the new church property in town rather than on the former site in the country. Inasmuch as such a large majority of the members favored this change, it has been accepted by the entire congregation as the best course to pursue.
Appoint Building Committee
A building committee of seven members of the church has been appointed with authority to draw plans and accept bids for the construction of the new building. Members of this committee are George Diekman, John and Carl Heinrichs, John Schoon, Herman Harrenstein, E. B. Harms and Harvey Vahlsing.
The building committee closed the deal on Monday for the purchase of the ground needed for the new church and parsonage in Wellsburg. The price paid for the ground has not been disclosed.
--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 16 March 1939
List of Ministers
| Name | Years Served |
| Rev. Alfred Ernst | 7 Feb 1943 - May 1948 |
| Rev. Dean Kasischke | 3 Oct 1948 - Aug 1955 |
| Rev. Hugo Hein | Mar 1956 - Mar 1958 |
| Rev. Robert Wolff | Jul 1958 - 21 Jan 1962 |
| Rev. Robert Busch | 5 Aug 1962 - 23 Aug 1964 |
| Rev. Charles Wind | 17 Jan 1965 - 29 Sep 1968 |
| Vicar Lloyd A. Bickel | 17 Aug 1969 - |
| Vicar Alvin Jeske | 30 Aug 1970 |
| Vicar Wayne Brinkmann | 29 Aug 1971 |
| Vicar Grohn | |
| Vicar Horst | |
| Vicar Arndt | |
| Rev. Clarence Langhans | |
| Rev. Max Zscheigner | |
| Rev. Fred Muenchow |