Taken from Chapter 12 of "Days to Remember: The Burns Community. 1964-1970,"
By Hazel C. Bruner, Mennonite Press, North Newton, Kansas 1970

Transcribed & Submitted by: Mark Zieman

The Ebenezer Church

ROLL OF PASTORS

Pastors 
Dates
Rev. C. Steinmeyer
Rev. G. Werner
Rev. A. Quenzer
Rev. C. L. Koerner
Rev. G. Paustian
Rev. A. P. Becker
Rev. H. S. Humfeldt
Rev. C. G. Mier
Geo Knauss, Jacob Schwartz (local preachers)
Rev. A. J. Ross
Rev. Carl Ross
Rev. A. M. Goepfert
1889-1894
1894-1896
1896-1898
1898-1900
1900-1903
1903-1911
1911-1917
1917-1918
1894-1918
1918-1919
1919-1921
1921-1931

Following is a list of pastors who served after the church was transferred to the English Conference.
One pastor served both Burns and Ebenezer.

Pastors
Dates
D. R. Miller 
C. S. Hutsell
C. E. King
J. P. Wiley
H. L. Shook
Ben F. White
R. M. Peters
Wm. K. Wilkoff
J. O. Himes
Robert McClean
1931-1934
1934-1938
1938-1943
1943-1945
1945-1949
1949-1951
1951-1955
1955-1957
1957-1959
1959-1962

Flint Hills Parish was formed in 1961 - consisting of four charges: Burns, Ebenezer, Cassoday and Chelsea.
The Chelsea Church was officially closed April 3, 1966

Pastors
Dates
Student Pastor David Cotton
Pastor Bruce Southard
Student Pastor John Rhoades
Student Pastor Larry Parrish
John Rhoads served as regular Pastor
James Matthews
Gary D. Harmes
Assistant Pastor Harmon Lackey
1961-1962
1962-1965
1962-1965
1964-Aug 1966
Summer - 1965
Sept. 1965 - Jan. 1966
Jan. 1966 - June 1969
Aug. 1966 - June 1969

The Flint Hills Parish was discontinued as of May 23, 1969. The churches of Burns, Ebenezer, and Cassoday each continuing as a unit.

Pastor O. J. Bernhardt               June 1969 -

                           

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