Berks County Reed's Lutheran Church (Marion Township
Author
Publisher
Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1979, 1967
Physical Desc
on 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Language
Multiple
Description
Organized 1723-1727 as a "Lutheran Meeting House at Tulpehocken". In 1742 Reed's Church was taken over by the Moravians. Some of the Lutherans formed Christ Lutheran Church. In 1747 Reed's Church again became Lutheran. The earliest surviving Lutheran register was begun in 1764. Reed's Church moved into Stouchsburg in 1895 and became Zion's. In 1963 Zion's merged with St. John's (Host) to become Zion-St. John's.