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Canaan Evangelical Lutheran Church (From a book about Lutheran Churches of 
Ohio)Date published unknown
About 1830 Lutheran services were conducted in this area by Rev George Henry 
Weygandt in homes and school houses.  Shortly after 1830, until 1870, worship 
services were held in "Kopps" Church by both Lutherans and German Reformed. 
This church was located about one and one-half miles south of the present 
church, where Kopps's Cemetery still stands. The Rev. Andrew Kuhn was the 
first regularly called Lutheran pastor.  The two church groups held services 
on alternate Sundays but each worshiped in the same manner. When the Reformed 
moved to Canaan the Lutherans acquired the current site about 1868, purchasing 
it from Bethel English Lutheran Congregation..the corner-stone for the church 
was laid on May 7, 1869.
The Congregation was part of a parish with Salem Lutheran Church of 
Madisonburg.   The parsonage was in Canaan. During the pastorate of the Rev.. 
Charles Hammeric (1893-1900), the parsonage burned.  A second parsonage during 
the pastorate of the Rev. J. H. Busche (1913-1918) also burned. Many church 
records were lost in these fires. A new parsonage was built in Madisonburg..
In 1957 the Constitution was revised and the congregation was incorporated. A 
tract of five acres of land was purchased from Mr. & Mrs. Harry Wilson.  
Ground was broken on Christmas Day and a new parsonage was dedicated in April 
1958.  On February 1, 1958, parish relations with the Salem were dissolved and 
the Rev. William Fritz accepted the call to Canaan.
The present church, a short distance from the old site, was built and 
dedicated in 1964. The corner stone included the dates of 1869, the date of 
the original church and 1964 for the present building.  Eight years after the 
dedication the $50,000 mortgage was burned.  It is presently a congregation of 
278 baptized and 182 confirmed members. Pastors since 1900 have been: Albert 
Beck, J.P. Moser, J.H. Busche, Burr Drumm, W. A. Klindworth, Richard 
Gronewold, W.C. Bockelman, George Stobel, William F. FRitz, Glenn S. Miller, 
Gerald Pierson, Clarence Beireis, James Budke, and William Geiger

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