Westminster Presbyterian Church PCA
a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America
Pastors and years of pastorate
Timeline of events
Reverend J. A. Calhoun
1869
Reverend M. Noer
1870-1871
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Reverend J. L. McNair
1872-1875
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Reverend Charles A. Blanchard D. D.
1875-1876
2nd President of Wheaton College 1882-1925
Senior Pastor of Moody Church
1891-1893
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Reverend Cracraft
1876-1877
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Reverend A. F. Irwin
1877-1881
Pastor of Grace Church, Peoria
1881-1889
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Reverend E. B. Miner
1881-1882
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Reverend John Barbour
1883-1884
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Reverend Paul C. Thyholdt
1884-1885
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Reverend M. M. Travis
1886
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Reverend V. E. Taylor
1889-1890
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Reverend H. L. Moore
1891-1896
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Reverend A. S. Covert
1897-1899
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Reverend Clair S. Adams
1899-1903
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Reverend L. K. Grimes
1904-1906
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Reverend S. Howard Smith
1907-1919
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Reverend Herbert J. Bryce
1919-1921
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Reverend Thomas Hueston
1922-1924
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Reverend Milton W. Mosbacher
1925-1929
Pastor of E. Grand Blvd. PC, STL
1934-1948
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Reverend Albert Lindsey
1929-1930
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Reverend William Pease
1930-1931
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Reverend Harold B. Street
1931-1932
Missionary to Ethiopia
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Reverend Paul L. Arnold
1933-1937
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Reverend Phillip Scorce
1938-1940
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Reverend Norman Harrison
1940-1943
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Reverend Marshall Williams
1943-1950
Est. Bible Witness Camp
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Reverend Dr. L. E. Mathews
1952-1953
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Reverend Virgil R. Edmonson
1953-1954
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Reverend L. M. Ogilvie
1955-1958
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Reverend Ronald T. Zell
1958-1959
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Reverend Ezra Brockway
1959-1962
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Reverend Ronald Hayes
1962-1963
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Reverend George Dunivent
1963-1972
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Reverend Donald W. Rackley
1972-1993
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Reverend Mark Diedrich
1993-2005
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Reverend Dr. Steve Jones
2006- present
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November 1, 1867
First Presbyterian Church
Organized in Paxton, Illinois
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Building erected
1872
Manse
Est. 1894
Building Remodeled
Sanctuary to Face East instead of West
1899
Water Powered Pipe Organ
Installed 1907
First Annual Meeting
in improved basement
1910
Independence from PCUSA
Purchase of Church & Manse
as Westminster Bible Church
1947
Addition with SS Rooms and Kitchen
1948
Pipe Organ disassembled
1957
Westminster Christian School
Est. 1980
Building Remodeled
Restrooms and Upstairs SS Rooms
1984
Joined Presbyterian Church in America
as Westminster Presbyterian Church
June 1987
Basement Remodeled
1988
Westminster Christian School
Closed 1989
Manse Kitchen Remodeled
2006
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Realizing the strategic importance of Planting a church in Champaign Urbana, Pastor Diedrich held Bible studies there. Later, in God’s providence, Pastor Dave Thomas planted All Souls PCA.
2006
Building Remodeled
Fellowship Room & Upstairs Kitchen
2008
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Annual Missions Trip
Native American ministries with Mission to North America to Cherokee, North Carolina
2007-2011
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Rev. Charles A. Blanchard, D. D.
Reverend Clair S. Adams
Reverend Harold B. Street
Reverend Paul L. Arnold
Reverend Marshall Williams
Reverend George Dunivent
Reverend Donald W. Rackley
Reverend Mark Diedrich
Reverend Dr. Steve Jones