When the congregation was founded, it was a part of the Dutch settlement of New Netherland; it later adopted German and then English in 1808 for use during worship.
First Lutheran is currently a part of the Upstate New York Synod of the ELCA.
The current pastor is the Reverend D. Lowell Chilton.
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