
Branches:	ACCA
Date Founded:	1881
Attendance 2025:	508
Address:	4700 Howell Prairie Road, NE
Website:	Silvertonacchurch.org
Other Local Froelich Churches:
Macleay(ACCA)
Alumsville (ACF)
Salem (CA)
Silverton (GAC)
Silverton (ACCN) Closed

History

In 1876 people of Swiss descent came to Oregon and settled near Pratum. Theological questions arose, and they remembered hearing about the Evangelical Baptist Church in Switzerland. They also knew some members of the Church in the American East and Midwest. They sought to understand more about Evangelical Baptist doctrine and wrote a letter asking for additional details. The letter made it to our Church’s Elder Body resulting in two men being chosen to travel about 3,000 miles to Oregon under primitive travel conditions. It is reported that they had to travel by horseback with an Indian guide on the final phases of their trip to Silverton.

Those who had requested clarification of doctrine were Christian Wenger, William Kaufman, and Fred Krug who then met with the Evangelical Baptist representatives. Christian Wenger and his wife were baptized at that time. It was sometime later when Kaufman and Krug were also baptized. In 1883 Kaufman became the first Elder of our Silverton Church and served in that role until his death in 1931.

Our Church, the Apostolic Christian Church of America, has been heavily tested, especially here in Oregon. Unfortunate turmoil and multiple schisms developed after Kaufman’s death that restricted the Church’s growth for many years. But attendance grew to where we built a new Church building (1995) and fellowship center (2005) at the intersection of Howell Prairie Road and Silverton Road (HWY 213). Additional growth since that time has enabled the Silverton congregation to plant another church in the area close to Macleay.

Ministers

Ministers
Name	Born	Baptized	Minister	Deacon	Elder	Retired	Wife	Notes
Jacob Schar	5/29/1843		1/1/1880			1/1/1908	Elizabeth Myer	Bluffton, Silverton ACCN
Henry Green	1/28/1905		2/21/1905			?	Margaret
William Kaufman	1/8/1855	6/13/1881	2/24/1905		7/1/1883	1/1/1931	Caroline Affolter
Jacob Zurcher	2/16/1853		3/22/1905			1/1/1933	Anna Schaer
Alfred Kuenzi	11/26/1868		3/29/1905		6/1/1932	1/1/1933	Barbara Merki
Gottlieb Hari	5/28/1890		1/1/1956			1/1/1958	Dorothy Hangartner
Clarence A. Dietrich	9/10/1920	10/13/1940	2/17/1971	11/22/1981		1/1/1996	Betty Knobloch[41]
Edward A. Knecht	4/12/1935	3/16/1969	1/31/1972			12/31/2009	Judith Rumbold
Arthur J. Metz	10/3/1941	1/21/1968	11/9/1986		3/26/1995	9/11/2011	Elizabeth Martin
Donald H. Sinn	12/11/1955	6/30/1975	11/22/1992				Linda Kaeb
Todd E. Zollinger	6/2/1966	5/18/1986	11/22/1992			2/1/2013	Michelle Metzger
Harvey L. Kuenzi	3/14/1966	7/11/1993	7/14/2001				Jennifer Mueller
Christopher L. Kuenzi	11/8/1976	6/6/1999	11/4/2006				Mary Metz
John Wiegand	4/30/1963	7/6/1980	11/4/2006		9/19/2010		Jane Rocke
James E. Zollinger	4/15/1970	2/12/1989	11/10/2013				Tresa Kuenzi
James Schneider	10/19/1976	2/3/2002	10/20/2019				Tonya Kuenzi
Todd Haun	7/15/1966	1/7/2001	9/17/2023				Richelle Kuenzi
Jordan Sinn	12/22/1991	5/15/2011	9/17/2023				Kendra Schmidgall
Kyle Walter	10/21/1978	8/22/1999	9/17/2023				Trisha Young

Attendance

Attendance
Year	Total	Members	Sunday School	Year	Total	Members	Sunday School
1953	-			1996	278	101	85
1956	-	5	2	1998	316	118	93
1959	-	5	0	2000	336	132	94
1962	-	4	7	2002	359	147	101
1965	-	3	5	2004	374	166	111
1968	-	3	5	2006	389	171	110
1971	-	6	9	2008	401	176	117
1974	-	12	10	2010	412	181	132
1977	-	16	7	2012	446	188	139
1980	-	17	18	2014	417	184	127
1983	-	35	32	2016	408	180	120
1986	-	33	35	2018	417	189	130
1989	-	36	30	2020	442	204	146
1992	160	67	55	2022	469	212	157
1994	255	95	90	2024	508	231	156