Honor Roll of Central Christian Church
Ministerial Service

Christian Church Pastors Associate Ministers at Central Christian Church Pastors "...as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." John 20:21 The following is a list of preachers that served the early Christian Church of Decatur and, later, Central Christian Church throughout our history. Many of these early "great lights" came to Decatur only on Sundays as itinerate messengers of the gospel, evangelists, or elders who had duties elsewhere such as farming, evangelistic meetings, etc. While no record exists of the exact tenure of each one, the order in which they served is thought to be correct. Joseph Hostetler John Tyler Bushrod Henry Robert Foster J.P. Lancaster James Fanning G.W. Patterson Walter Bowles William Morrow Hughes Bowles Tobias Grider A.L. Kellar W.W. Happy A.J. Kane Wiliam Ebert Alford Paden 1858-1860 John Hughes 1860-1862  A.J. Taft 1862-1864 W.C. Dawson 1865-1867 P.D. Vermillion 1868-1870 Ira Mitchell 1871 Lucius Ames 1872 A.D. Northcutt 1873 N.S. Haynes 1873-1880 Frank Maynard 1881 T.W. Pinkerton 1882-1890 E.B. Cake 1890-1892 Simon Rohrer 1893 George Hall 1893-1896 Marion Stevenson 1897-1901 F.W. Burnham 1901-1907 O.W. Lawrence 1907-1911 E.W. Allen 1912-1913 Dr. W.H. Cannon 1913-1916 John R. Golden 1916-1927 Dr. Carrell Flewelling 1927-1959 Dr. Jo M. Riley 1959-1967 Peter Macko 1967-1971 Dr. C. William Nichols 1973-1991 Central Christian Church Associate Ministers Chris Garriott 1938-1942 Miss Leta Egan 1942-1947 Mrs. Grace Crim 1947-1950 Rev. Donald Fein 1950-1956 Rev. Arthur Syverson 1957-1958 Rev. Lael Smith 1960-1963 Rev. Ronald Frazier 1963-1967 Rev. Marilyn Williams (Spry) 1968-1971 Rev. Enos Nelson 1968-1969 Mrs. Thelma Hastings 1968-1971 Fred Dolezal 1971-1972 Dr. Mary E. Mason 1972-1973 Rev. Garland Bohn 1973-1979 Rev. James Borop 1973-1977 Rev. Donald Canfield 1977-1978 Rev. James Hopkins 1978-1981 Rev. Glenn Shoemaker 1980-1991 Rev. Linda Pounds 1981-1982  Rev. Jerry Butt 1982-1990 Rev. Deborah Butt 1982-1990 Dr. Steven Barton 1991-1995 Rev. Ric Allen 1995-1997 Dr. Sue Amyx 1991-1997  .

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