Mills County, Iowa
Christian Church
Malvern, Iowa
Photo c1950, donated by Mary Beth Costello
The Christian Church was located, on East Fifth Street, just west of the present Methodist Church. The church was large, with a sanctuary and balcony.
Sometimes, the church building was used for concerts, plays, etc., until a community center was built in 1926.
Total membership ranged from 20 to 150. The ministers that served this church, from 1900 to 1942, were; D. L. Norris, D. C. Morris, H. H. Utterback, Earnest Maloy, Robert
Conley, C. E. F. Smith, Ira Crewdson, Roy Gates, A. G. Whittier, G. D. Noland, Cecil Wright, W. L. McIlvaine, Walter Shenefield, W. D. Lee.
Source: adapted from History of Mills County, Iowa; 1985~ transcribed by Cay Merryman
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