
Busti Federated Church
Pastors of Busti Federated Church
John H Seeley 1923-1925
James Averill 1926-1928
Thomas Packard 1928-1934
Adolph P Weaver 1934-1936
R.H. Eckert 1936-1937
Bailey Hathaway 1938-1940
William F Spaulding 1940-1943
Fred W Hawley 1944-1946
Ormel Shindledecker 1946-1948
George Munger 1948-1952
Alexander Kemp 1953-1955
Chester Whitt 1955-1959
Dewayne Cunningham 1960-1964
Keith Tennis 1964-1969
Elton Peterson 1970-1978
Charles Stoica 1979-1982
C Gordon Bloomberg 1983-1988
Roland Brown 1989-1992
Deborah Cronin 1993-1995
Thomas Delk 1996-2001
H Gene Stringer 2001-2008
Lee O’Brien 2008-Present
The History of Busti Federated Church
1819: First Methodist Church & Second Baptist Church of Ellicott were organized
1823: Town of Busti was formed and the church became Busti Baptist Church
1835: Baptists build first meeting house for $700.00
1836: Elder Ira G Stoddard comes as first full time Baptist Minister
1849: Methodist Church built (current Victorian Hall)
1923: (September) Federation of Methodist & Baptist Churches. Rev. John Seeley serves as first pastor of Busti Federated Church. Meetings are held in the Baptist Church
1948: Former Baptist Church burns to the ground. Services held at the old Methodist Church.
1950: New Federated Church ready to use
1975: Beacon Home for Girls organized; home is in old parsonage.
1979: First addition built on to church
2003: Second addition built on to church