Record Coverage: 1838–2007
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The church was organized on January 15, 1837, as the first English-speaking Lutheran congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains. The Reverend J. D. F. Heyer was the first pastor of the congregation. Another notable pastor who served this congregation was the Reverend Dr. William A. Passavant, founder of The Pittsburgh Synod of 1945. The congregation erected its first building on Seventh Avenue in 1840. In 1849, the institution was known as Passavant Hospital was established. The property at 615 Grant Street in Pittsburgh was purchased in 1885, and the present church building was dedicated in 1888.
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