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Pastors served as shepherds of their congregations and their role was to instruct, teach and protect the people under their charge.
Pastors were also influential people in the broader community. They often helped guide social changes such as the difficult transition from German to English as the primary language used in worship services. In the early 1920's, the Portland pastors strongly supported the famine assistance efforts of the Volga Relief Society, helping save thousands of lives in Russia.
Below is a list of pastors who served Volga German churches in Portland.
Pastors were also influential people in the broader community. They often helped guide social changes such as the difficult transition from German to English as the primary language used in worship services. In the early 1920's, the Portland pastors strongly supported the famine assistance efforts of the Volga Relief Society, helping save thousands of lives in Russia.
Below is a list of pastors who served Volga German churches in Portland.
- Hugo Becker
- John Conrad Bitter
- Carl F. Brost
- Edward Eslinger
- Jacob Fath
- George Heinrich Graf
- Edward Graumann
- Edmund Grieb
- Joseph Gyorog
- Heinrich Hagelganz
- Elias Hergert
- Jacob Elias Hergert
- Friedrich Hoffmann
- Johannes Heinrich Hopp
- Eric Kallis
- Oliver Ketterling
- Johannes Koch
- Jacob Legler
- Ferdinand Renz
- John N. Sauer
- Arthur Richard Schmalle
- Theodore Strobel
- Conrad J. Wagner
- Jonathan Weber
- Frederick Arthur Willmann
- George L. Zocher
- Henry Zorn
Last updated April 21, 2020.