Westminster Presbyterian Church PCA
a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America
Pastors and years of pastorate
Timeline of events
Reverend J. A. Calhoun
1869
Reverend M. Noer
1870-1871
Reverend J. L. McNair
1872-1875
Reverend Charles A. Blanchard D. D.
1875-1876
2nd President of Wheaton College 1882-1925
Senior Pastor of Moody Church
1891-1893
Reverend Cracraft
1876-1877
Reverend A. F. Irwin
1877-1881
Pastor of Grace Church, Peoria
1881-1889
Reverend E. B. Miner
1881-1882
Reverend John Barbour
1883-1884
Reverend Paul C. Thyholdt
1884-1885
Reverend M. M. Travis
1886
Reverend V. E. Taylor
1889-1890
Reverend H. L. Moore
1891-1896
Reverend A. S. Covert
1897-1899
Reverend Clair S. Adams
1899-1903
Reverend L. K. Grimes
1904-1906
Reverend S. Howard Smith
1907-1919
Reverend Herbert J. Bryce
1919-1921
Reverend Thomas Hueston
1922-1924
Reverend Milton W. Mosbacher
1925-1929
Pastor of E. Grand Blvd. PC, STL
1934-1948
Reverend Albert Lindsey
1929-1930
Reverend William Pease
1930-1931
Reverend Harold B. Street
1931-1932
Missionary to Ethiopia
Reverend Paul L. Arnold
1933-1937
Reverend Phillip Scorce
1938-1940
Reverend Norman Harrison
1940-1943
Reverend Marshall Williams
1943-1950
Est. Bible Witness Camp
Reverend Dr. L. E. Mathews
1952-1953
Reverend Virgil R. Edmonson
1953-1954
Reverend L. M. Ogilvie
1955-1958
Reverend Ronald T. Zell
1958-1959
Reverend Ezra Brockway
1959-1962
Reverend Ronald Hayes
1962-1963
Reverend George Dunivent
1963-1972
Reverend Donald W. Rackley
1972-1993
Reverend Mark Diedrich
1993-2005
Reverend Dr. Steve Jones
2006- present
November 1, 1867
First Presbyterian Church
Organized in Paxton, Illinois
Building erected
1872
Manse
Est. 1894
Building Remodeled
Sanctuary to Face East instead of West
1899
Water Powered Pipe Organ
Installed 1907
First Annual Meeting
in improved basement
1910
Independence from PCUSA
Purchase of Church & Manse
as Westminster Bible Church
1947
Addition with SS Rooms and Kitchen
1948
Pipe Organ disassembled
1957
Westminster Christian School
Est. 1980
Building Remodeled
Restrooms and Upstairs SS Rooms
1984
Joined Presbyterian Church in America
as Westminster Presbyterian Church
June 1987
Basement Remodeled
1988
Westminster Christian School
Closed 1989
Manse Kitchen Remodeled
2006
Realizing the strategic importance of Planting a church in Champaign Urbana, Pastor Diedrich held Bible studies there. Later, in God’s providence, Pastor Dave Thomas planted All Souls PCA.
2006
Building Remodeled
Fellowship Room & Upstairs Kitchen
2008
Annual Missions Trip
Native American ministries with Mission to North America to Cherokee, North Carolina
2007-2011
Rev. Charles A. Blanchard, D. D.
Reverend Clair S. Adams
Reverend Harold B. Street
Reverend Paul L. Arnold
Reverend Marshall Williams
Reverend George Dunivent
Reverend Donald W. Rackley
Reverend Mark Diedrich
Reverend Dr. Steve Jones