A Brief History
In the winter of 1879 and 1880 The Rev. C. Sylvins
of Jackson Center, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, held evangelistic services in the school house at North
Liberty. The meetings were well attended and largely through his influence it was decided
to make an effort to organize a church. A petition was signed and approved and presbytery
appointed a committee of The Revs. Robert B. Walker,
D.D., Samuel Williams, James
H. Marshal and Elder H .H .Vincent to meet the petitioners and if the way be clear to organize
a church. They met in the school house in North Liberty on June 21, 1890. A church was
organized with 74 charter members. About one-third of the members came from the mother
church of Plain Grove, and others from Centerville (now Slippery Rock) and Center
Churches.
The sermon was preached on the day the church was organized by
The Rev. Samuel Williams. His text was Matthew 5:14: "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on
a hill cannot be hid." Of the 74 charter members of the church only 16 were members when
the church observed her 25th anniversary on July 21, 1905. During the first 25 years the church was first linked with Centerville in a pastoral charge
with the Rev. J.H. Wright as the first pastor. The
Rev. J.L. Cotton served the church a little over four years before the North Liberty Church and the church at Plain Grove became
a joint charge
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