History Of St Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church

Lutheran settlers were part of the local communities of Lancaster County in the early days of Pennsylvania. This was no less true of Lititz, even though it was predominately a Moravian settlement. Lutherans in the area found one possibility for worship and fellowship with other like-minded persons in the establishment of Salem Lutheran Church on Kissel Hill. This was also sometimes known as the New Haven Lutheran Church, since the area now known as Kissel Hill was also formerly known by the name "New Haven". This congregation was begun with a formal organization on June 1, 1823, and a quaint and lovely building, still in use, was built. Although it has never grown to great size, the Salem Church can always point with pride to the fact that its membership gave birth to new congregations, and hence was always giving away any gains it may have made. The two congregations which came from its membership were St. Peter Lutheran Church of Neffsville and our own St. Paul in Lititz.