PASTORS, MINISTERS & PREACHERS SERVING THE BENTON CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Z. M Ellis, January 1856 to March 1859-Reorganizer and Builder
J.G. Noble - March 1859 to April 1862
E. E. Orvis - 1870 to 1876, from Nova Scotia to Bloomsburg
C. S. Long- 1876 to 1877, began here to Eagleville
D. M. Kinter - 1877 to 1888, from Lock Haven to Sweet Valley
J. W. McNamara- 1889 to 1890, from Philadelphia to Stillwater
H. L. Maltman- July 1892 to April 1898, from Preston, Ind. to Sweet Valley
George P. Morse- April 1898 to April 1900, from Millville to Oberlin, KS
R. H. Sawtelle - June 1890 to April 1902, from Rock Creek, OH to Stillwater
Henry J. Lunger - 1902 to 1905, from Lungerville to Rochester, NY
Vernon Harrington - October 1905 to Sept 1906, from Stillwater to Iowa
J. P. Topping - September 1906 to April 1908, from Boston to Boston MA
W. 1. Burrell- June 1908 to Dec. 1915, from Covington, PA to Tarentum
T. J. M. Appleman - Dec. 1915 to 1918, from Brooklyn, NY to Brooklyn, NY
Claude J. Shaffer - July 1918 to 1921, from Estelle. PA, to Troy, PA
W. H. Patterson - May 1921 to Dec. 1931, from Avis PA to Maysville WV
M. G. Williams - Dec 1931 to 1933, from Granville Center PA to ?
Lawrence R. Doak - Oct 1933 to Aug 1939, from Salem to Huntington, WV
Spencer M. Adamson - Oct 1939 to 1944, from Elm Grove WV to Republic PA
Sidney Bliss - Oct. 1944 to Nov. 1945, from Beaver PA to Providence RI
Garth Maynard - April 1946 to 1949 from Troy PA
Harry McGowen - April 1950 to July 1956, from Phillipsburg PA to retirement
Harry K. Franks - Oct 1956 to Sept 1961, from Dunmore to retirement
Robert Neuhard- Jan. 1962 to 1963, from Bloomsburg to Stillwater/Derrs
Rev. Charles Frick- 1963 to August 1968
Rev. Robert Matthews October 1968 to November 1971
Rev. William Haas- June 1972 to July 1974
Rev. Donald Bashore July 1974 to September 1974
Rev. Paul Diehl- October 1974 to March 1975 (interim)
Rev.. Paul Doriani- June to August 1975 (interim)
Rev. Joseph Stanley Hegglund October 1975 to June 1976
Rev. Robert Kelsey- August 1976 to 1979
Rev. John Thorington- May 1979 to August 1983
Rev. Vernon McDormand November 1983 to May 2000
Rev. Vernon McDormand May 2000 to July 2000 (interim)
Rev. Mark Marsh July 2000 to November 2002
Rev. David Diehl Interim for two years. Service begins November 7, 2004