MINISTERS
St. Thomas began as a union church, meaning the property and building was shared by more than one denomination from its beginning until the mid-1950’s, when the Lutheran congregation moved to a new building in Linglestown. Pastors past and present include:
German Reformed /UCC
1791 – 1797 Anthony Hautz
1798 – 1805 William A. Heister
1805 – 1808 Jonathan Helfenstein
1808 – 1814 Philip Gloninger
1816 – 1819 Frederick Rahauser
1820 – 1826 John Winebrenner
1826 – 1832 Peter S. Fisher
1833 – 1834 Augustus Pauli
1834 – 1835 F.M. Raschig
1835 – 1852 David Bossler
1853 – 1856 D.Y. Heister
1856 – 1866 M.A. Smith
1867 – 1880 Samuel Kuhn
1881 John Fritchey (supply)
1881 – 1882 E.V. Gerhart
1881 – 1888 A.D. Stauffer
1888 – 1892 John F. Moyer
1892 – 1893 Rufus Miller
1894 – 1899 Frank L. Kerr
1899 – 1900 W.H. Landis
1901 – 1904 H.R. Kreider
1905 – 1907 Geo. B. Raezer
1907 – 1910 D.D. Brindle
1910 – 1919 Lewis Reiter
1920 – 1947 Elias H. Phillips
1948 – 1951 Seward Kresge
1953 – 1957 Charles E. Strasbaugh
1957 – 1962 David H. Rapp
1962 – 1974 Truman A. Crist
1974 – 1992 Stephen A. Gifford
1992 Paul Gehris (interim)
1992 – 2015 Donald C. Wetzel
2015 – 2017 Daniel Schmidt (interim)
2015 – 2017 Paul Gehris (interim)
2017 – Daniel Schmidt
Lutheran
1791 – 1797 William Kurtz
1804 – 1806 John Frederick Ernst
1808 – ?? F.D. Peterson
1815 – ?? George Lockman
1822 – 1823 Peter Scheurer
1841 – 1849 G.M. Merr
1849 S. Gerhart
1853 D. Marer
1856 G.J. Martz
1868 H.D. Kutz
1876 E. Daron
?? E.S. Brownmiller
?? I.W. Gauker
?? M.U. Reinhart
1900 – 1903 P.A. Behler
1903 – 1907 J.W, Koch
1907 – 1909 A.P. Appel
1910 – 1927 O.R. Bittner
1928 – 1929 W.W. Frey
1931 – 194? Lloyd Klinefelter