Pearl Howard "P. H." Welshimer (April 6, 1873 – August 16, 1957) was an American Christian minister and author from Canton, Ohio, and well-known leader in the Restoration Movement.
In his final year of school there, university president Henry Lehr pulled Welshimer aside and urged him to abandon the study of law for the ministry.
[4] After graduating from Hiram in 1897, Welshimer accepted a call to a church in Millersburg, Ohio.
Welshimer resigned from the pulpit in Millersburg to accept a call from the First Christian Church of Canton, Ohio, on January 1, 1902.
Under Welshimer's guidance, the Canton congregation became one of the largest Christian Church congregations in the country, especially well known for the unusual methods Welshimer used to attract people to worship and the success of its Sunday School program.