Mills County IAGenWeb Cemetery Directory

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CHURCHES NOT LISTED IN THE 1881 or 1895 HISTORY

(Found in various other histories and from Mills County researchers.)


Church	Township	Date Organized
East Liberty	Silver Creek Twp
Saint John's Lutheran Church	Rural Hastings	July 20, 1878
Henderson Christian Church	Henderson	February 2, 1877
First Baptist Church of Emerson	Emerson	March 9, 1873
Emerson United Methodist Church	Emerson	1871
Malvern Methodist Episcopal Church Society	Malvern	1870
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church	rural Mills County	1856
Glenwood Congregational Church	Glenwood	October 19, 1856
Strahan United Methodist Church	rural Hasting	May 1884

VARIOUS CHURCH RECORDS


	First Congregational Church Membership		Reorganized LDS
	Early Churches, 1881		Farm Creek RLDS Branch
	Early Church Formation, 1853-1874		Farm Creek RLDS Members Records
	Waubonsie Church		Farm Creek Members Records
	LDS Church, Organization		Nephi RLDS Branch
	First Baptist Church Centennial, Glenwood		Christian Church
	Glenwood Baptist Church		Pilgrim Pastors
	Missionaries of Southwest Iowa		LDS Settlers

LATTER DAY SAINTS CHURCH RECORDS


	LDS Church, Organization		LDS Settlers

REORGANIZED CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS

(Now Known as Community of Christ Church)


	Farm Creek Members Records		Reorganized LDS
	Nephi RLDS Branch		Farm Creek RLDS Branch
	Farm Creek RLDS Members Records		Community Church of Christ history off site

EARLY CHURCH FORMATION, 1853-1874*


Church	Township	Organized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	Glenwood	16 April 1848
Christian Church of Waubonsie	Rawles	9 Mar 1853
Elm Grove Christian Church	St. Mary's	January 1871
United Brethren in Christ	Indian Creek	1855
Mt. Olive Mission (Methodist Protestant)	Rawles	16 Jun 1860
The Methodist Episcopal Church	Rawles	1871
The Methodist Episcopal Church	White Cloud	Jan. 1874
Fairview Methodist Episcopal Church	Rawles	25 Aug 1861
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	Oak	October 1861
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Congregation	Oak	1867
The Church of St. Bonefatzins	Oak	1865

*~ Source: The History of Mills County, 1895

EARLY CHURCHES, 1881*


Church	Township	Organized
Elm Grove Christian Church	St. Mary's	January 1871
also see Early Church Formation, 1853-1874 (above)

*~ Source: The History of Mills County, 1881

~ transcribed and contributed by Cay Merryman

Present Day CHURCHES by Township/Community

Church	Township	Community
Hillsdale Methodist Protestant	Center	near Hillsdale
United Brethern	Center	near Hillsdale
Presbyterian	Center	near Hillsdale
Bible Baptist	Glenwood	Glenwood
Calvary Baptist Vhurch	Glenwood	Glenwood
First Christian Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
First Bapist	Glenwood	Glenwood
First Church of the Nazarene	Glenwood	Glenwood
First Congregational Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
Glenwood Evangelical Free Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
Grace United Methodist Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
Hillsdale United Methodist Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
Holy Rosary Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
Nazarene Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
Saint John Episcopal Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
Trinity Lutheran Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
United Methodist Church	Glenwood	Glenwood
Champion Hill Church	Deer Creek	Imogene
Strahan United Methodist Church	Deer Creek	Imogene
East Liberty Church	Silver Creek	Malvern
Family Worship Center	Silver Creek	Malvern
First Baptist Church	Silver Creek	Malvern
Saint Johns Church	Silver Creek	Malvern
United Methodist Church	Silver Creek	Malvern
Henderson Christian Church	Anderson	Carson
United Methodist Church	Anderson	Carson
Saint John Lutheran Church	Oak	Mineola
Wales United Presbyterian Church	Indian Creek	Emerson
Oaks Church	Indian Creek	Emerson
First Baptist Church	Indian Creek	Emerson
United Methodist Church	Indian Creek	Emerson
United Methodist Church	Oak	Pacific Junction
Waubonsie Bible Church	Rawles	Tabor