Sibley

Shortly after the schism in the late 1950’s, an additional group of members felt uncomfortable with Emil’s continual changes and decided to leave and begin another assembly in the home of Ron Mueller in Sibley, IL. This group was called the “Sibley Church” and ultimately bought and moved a church building near Lexington, IL to a mile south of Fairbury. Henry Stork was elder and Ron Mueller deacon. The Sibley Church and the Christian Apostolic Church of Forrest, citing many similar beliefs, decided to merge and began assembling in the Christian Apostolic Church of Forrest. The Sibley Church building south of Fairbury was abandoned and torn down in 1973. As a result of this merger and the subsequent decision to drop the German language, a few members of the Sibley Church opted to split away and create yet another group which met in a house. This group was known as the Fehr Church and eventually disbanded in the early 1990s. John Fehr acted as elder there.