[1] The first German Lutheran immigrants to the area around Friedheim gathered in each other's homes for Sunday worship.

Regular church services were eventually held in the home of Bernard Guessenberg who had the largest log house available.

As early as 1843, the sacraments were provided once a month by Pastor Theodore Gruber of Paitzdorf when weather permitted.

[2][3] In 1847, the Lutheran families in Friedheim got their own parish pastor, Friedrich Julius Blitz, who was a graduate of Altenburg's Concordia Seminary.

In 1856, a new permanent church building was constructed at a cost of $500, which was made from local sandstone rocks.