Immanuel Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, was founded in 1855 by Rev. August Lange near Prairie Home, MO. Though it was founded in 1855, it's history actually starts just over a decade earlier in 1844.
The original founders were part of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church, which is located about a mile to the south. For several years, St. Peter's was a "united church" with a mixed congregation of Evangelicals and Lutherans. But over the years, due to differences in doctrine and practice, the Lutherans of St. Peter's left and formed their own church.
The church was organized in 1855, and a building was completed that same year. The building that currently stands was constructed in 1896 due to an increase in church membership. Up until 1944, the church building also served as a school, with the minister undertaking both teaching the children as well as pastoring the church.
Today, church membership stands at 22 people with a weekly average attendance of eight persons.
There is also a graveyard and a parsonage on the property.
For more information on this church:
https://cooper.mogenweb.org/Churches/Pleasant_Grove_Immanuel_Lutheran_Church.pdf
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