"Looking Back / Looking Forward
Through Loving God, Loving People"

An historical record of Immanuel Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, founded on Sept. 11, 1959.
May you be blessed. -- Cathy Orrick Luders, church historian



Table of Contents


Welcome ________________________________________________4

Celebration Itinerary _______________________________________5

The Beginning _____________________________________________6

Recollections ___________________________________________7-12
  • Wendell Plummer
  • George and Helen Branstetter
  • Don and Orla Gray
  • Dan and Jean Castleberry

Pastorates
  • Lew Miller, 1960-1969 ________________________________13-15
  • John Glover, 1970-1973 _________________________________27
  • Bill Riley, 1974-1975 __ _________________________________35
  • John Tanner, 1976-1981_______________________________ 39-41
  • Ed Gregory, 1982-1999  _______________________________46-52
  • Bob Bartram, 2000-2001 ________________________________60
  • Mark Crotinger, 2003-2005 ____________________________61-62
  • Dan Wiersema, 2006 _________________________________75-77

Associate Pastorates ______________________________________91-93
  • Tim Cleary, 1972-1974
  • Mike Herndon, June-October 1975
  • Larry Henry, 1977-1980
  • Charles "Chuck" Moeller, 1985-1990
  • Nick Phillips, 1992-1998

Interim Pastorates _______________________________________94-98
  • Nelson Engelbrecht, 1969-1970
  • Paul Elledge, 1975-1976
  • Dr. Ed Roustio, 1981-1982
  • Dr. O. Wyndell Jones, 2001-2003
  • Dave Sterrett, 2005-2006

Picture Pages _________16-26, 28-34, 36-38, 42-45, 53-59, 63-74, 78-90, 99

Rolling Pin Throw winners list _________________________________100