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  These are the men that have servers at Zion.  The Pastors are designated in Green, the Assistant Pastors are in Blue, and Interm Pastors in Purple.

Rev. Dr. Carl Friedrich Gräbner

Founding Pastor of Zion
[23 July 1901-28 December 1902]
Born 8 October 1862 in St. Charles, MO
Died 5 July 1949 in Adelaide, Australia

Rev. Eduard Wilhelm Bohn

[11 January 1903-17 November 1907]
Born 28 January 1877 in Rogers City, MI
Died 25 January 1922 in Ft. Wayne, IN

Rev. Paul Budach

Interim Pastor of Zion
17 December 1907-10 May 1908

Rev. Dr. Friedrich Heinrich Brunn, Jr.

[10 May 1908-24 July 1927]
Born 21 July 1878 in Chicago, IL
Died 16 September 1963 in Rockford, IL

Rev. Dr. Herman August Mayer

[10 September 1927-1 September 1946]
Born 10 August 1896 in Frankenmuth, MI
Died 13 May 1997 in St. Louis, MO

Rev. Dr. Herman Friedrich Zehnder

[22 September 1946-14 May 1973]
Born 17 November 1916 in Frankenmuth, MI
Died 11 April 1979 in Bay City, MI

Rev. Lowell H. Rusch

[4 August 1957-4 March 1962]
Born 11 November 1934
Died 15 October 1987 in Davison, MI

Rev. James David Fackler

[21 July 1963-9 February 1964]
Born 10 August 1936
Died 20 October 1984

Rev. John William Rauh

[AP - 19 July 1964-15 August 1977]
[P - 15 August 1977-15 April 1991]
Born 31 July 1938 in Alva, OK
Died --

Rev. Jack D. Ferguson

[20 January 1974-15 August 1977]
Born September 24, 1945 in Ann Arbor, MI
Died --

Rev. William Howard Allwardt

[AP - 4 June 1978-15 April 1991]
[P - 15 April 1991-Present]
Born 4 September 1946 in Milwaukee, WI
Died --

Rev. Mark Albert Gerisch

[26 January 1992-14 August 2000]
Born 19 October 1950 in Detroit, MI
Died --

Rev. John Wayne Wernecke

[5 August 2001-Present]
Born 23 March 1951 in Detroit, MI
Died --

 

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