First Reformed Church

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First Location

Gilespie Ave & Buick St.
Flint, MI

Location Today

1521 N. Elms Rd.
Flint, MI 48532
Telephone: 810.230.9544

History

First Reformed Church was founded in Flint in July of 1919 by Volga German families from Huck, Messer, and Döhnof. They were soon joined by families from many other colonies. The Rev. John Schmalz was called as the congregations first pastor, and he arrived on 1 December 1919.

This congregation is now called Peace Presbyterian Church and is affiliated with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

Pastors

The congregation of First Reformed Church was served by the following pastors:

John Schmalz (1919-1922)
Wilhelm Reitzer (1923-1937)
Albert Wienbrauck (1937-1958)
Albert Poole, Asst. (1957-1958)
Arthur C. Kroehler (1959-)
David A. Galbraith

Sources

Festschrift zum Zehnjährigen Gemeindejubiläum der Ersten Reformierten Gemeinde, Flint, Michigan am 21 Juli 1929 (booklet for the Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the founding of First Reformed Church in Flint, Michigan on 21 July 1929).

Pickelhaupt, Bill. The Right Place at the Right Time: The Volga-Germans of Michigan's Thumb (Fort Gratiot, MI: Flyblister Press, 2009): 73.