CHURCH: Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, York County, PA

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History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of West Pennsylvania of the United 
Lutheran Church in America, 1825-1925

Edited by Adam Stump, D.D. and Henry Anstadt, D.D.

Published by the Action of the Synod in Celebration of Its Centennial,
Printed For The Synod By J. R. Kerr & Bro., Chambersburg, Penna.,1925 
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MT. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, YORK CO., PA.

(Goldsboro-Mt. Zion Charge)

REV. HENRY R. SPANGLER, PASTOR

The earliest recorded event bears the date of April 23, 1870.  Rev. Solomon 
Dasher was Pastor.  An election was held and the following church council was 
elected:  Deacons, John Seitz, John Hale, John Zin, Levi Hartman; Elders, Samuel 
Hale, Jacob Kunkel.  January 1, 1872, Pastor Dasher closed his ministry in the 
Mt. Zion Church.  Rev. Samuel Hering began his labors February 4, 1872.  During 
his ministry the church was rededicated.  He served till April 26, 1874.

March 15, 1874, at a congregational meeting it was decided to united with the 
Rossville Charge.  Samuel Hale and Elijah Hoover were selected as a committee to 
confer with the Rossville Council relative thereto.  Rev. J. B. Winton was 
pastor from April 5, 1874, to May 2, 1875; Rev. A. N. Warner, from August 1, 
1875, to June 23, 1878; Rev. Honeycut, from December 8, 1878, to March 28, 1880; 
Rev. Tressler, from April 25, 1880--.  (The record does not give the time of the 
expiration of his pastorate).  Rev. A. B. Erhard, became Pastor December 8, 
1883.  (No date of expiration.)  Rev. Detrich, from April 3, 1887, to June 9, 
1890; Rev. C. P. Wiles from March 28, 1896, to 1901.  After Rev. C. P. Wiles 
left the field in 1901 the following pastors served in the Rossville Charge of 
which Mount Zion was a part until 1920:  Rev. G. H. Eveler, Rev. H. T. Bowersox, 
D.D., and Rev. C. M. Coffelt.  We have no record from 1901; but as this charge 
continued to be a part of the Rossville Charge, it can be granted that the 
pastors of that charge served Mt. Zion.  By action of the West Pennsylvania 
Synod, 1920, permission was given to sever relations with Rossville, when it 
united with the Zion congregation of Goldsboro to form the Goldsboro and Mt. 
Zion Charge.  Rev. C. H. Shull became the first pastor of the Goldsboro and Mt. 
Zion Charge and served from November 1, 1921, to July 1, 1922.  Rev. C. F. Floto 
began his pastorate December 1, 1922, and continued to serve until January 31, 
1925, when he assumed the pastorate of Mt. Holly Springs Lutheran Church.  The 
present pastor, Rev. Henry R. Spangler, entered upon his duties September 1, 
1925.

At the present time this congregation has a confirmed membership numbering 60.  
It maintains a flourishing Sunday School with an enrollment of 150 and an 
average attendance of about 85.