Friedens is an autonomous church whose members elect officers to fixed terms, as outlined in our constitution.

Church Council

The Church Council is composed of two staggered classes of five members plus the pastor.

Committees & Boards

• Board of Elders

• Board of Deacons

• Board of Trustees

• Board of Stewardship

• Pastoral Relations Committee

• Audit Committee

• Cemetery Committee

Former Ministers

• The Rev. Daniel P. Buchmueller (1890-1892)

• The Rev. Hermann C. G. Tesch (1893-1895)

• The Rev. John Christian Feil (1896-1897)

• The Rev. Theodor Karl Friedrich Schlundt (1897-1902)

• The Rev. Carl Richard Wolff (1902-1905)

• The Rev. Friedrich Carl Lueckhoff (1905-1913)

• The Rev. Jacob D. Werkenthin (1913-1914)

• The Rev. Friedrich Wilhelm Piepenbrok (1914-1917)

• The Rev. Karl Christopher Benkendoerfer (1917-1918)

• The Rev. Paul Max Weber (1918-1922)

• The Rev. Hugo Friedrich Wilhelm Grotefend (1922-1924)

• The Rev. Friedrich Wilhelm Braun (1924-1928)

• The Rev. Alvin A. Blome (1928-1931, 1965-1968)

• The Rev. Ewald Henry (Abe) Schwengel (1932-1937)

• The Rev. Karl Joachim Schmiechen (1938-1941)

• The Rev. Paul Gottlieb Karl Piepenbrok (1942-1965)

• The Rev. Donald Lafate R. McDougle (1969-1974)

• The Rev. Raymond Ferdinand Buck, Sr. (1977-1978)

• The Rev. H. Dale Morse (1976-1977)

• The Rev. Albert Carl Richard Hennig (1978-1990)

• The Rev. John Chesley Towery (1991-1991)

• The Rev. Jesse R. Campbell (1991-1998)

• The Rev. John G. "Jack" Harrison (1998-2000)

• The Rev. Ronald Stephen Trimmer (2001-2009)

• The Rev. Dr. George Earl Klett (2009-2010)

• Pastor Gregory Wayne Felder (2010-2017)

• Pastor Eric Dehmer (2019-2024)