Coraopolis United Methodist Church
1205 Ridge Avenue
Coraopolis, PA 15108
Phone: 412-264-3727
Fax: 412-264-4787
Our History
History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Organized in 1843 by Reverend Abner Jackson, serving the Chartiers Circuit. Appointment was known as Middletown until 1886 when the name of the Borough was changed to Coraopolis. After meeting in a private home for six years, the first church was erected in 1849 at the end of Main Street. A second building was erected on the corner of Main and Fifth in 1876. This church burned in 1890 and a third building was erected in 1894 on the corner of State and Fleming. The new building was begun in 1922 and completed with the dedication being held on May 17, 1925. From 1858-1891 Coraopolis had been an appointment with Shousetown (now Glenwillard). With the completion of the third church building in 1894, Coraopolis became a station. The membership in 1968 was 756. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 695.
Our Pastors
Middletown.
Abner Jackson 1843-1845;
George McCaskey and Franklin Moore 1845-1846;
George McCaskey and Caleb Foster 1846-1847;
Nathaniel Callender, Warner Long and James L. Deens 1847-1848;
Nathaniel Callender, Warner Long and John F. Nessly 1848-1949;
David Gordon and Thomas McCleary 1849-1850;
David Gordon and James D. Turner 1850-1851;
Samuel Longdon and Benjamin Sawhill 1851-1852;
Henry Snyder 1852-1853;
Warner Long 1853-1855;
George Washington Cranage 1855-1856;
George Washington Cranage and William Gamble 1856-1857;
Thomas M. Hudson 1857-1858;
Middletown/Shousetown:
Thomas M. Hudson 1858-1859;
Latshaw McGuire 1859-1860;
John Wright 1860-1861;
John J. Jackson 1861-1863;
Matthius Myers Eaton 1863-1864;
Joseph V. Yarnell 1864-1865;
Washington Darby 1865-1868;
Mark Watson 1868-1870;
Francis D. Fast 1870-1871;
John W. Haugh 1871-1872;
Josiah Dillon 1872-1874;
Samuel W. McClure 1874-1876;
John Boyd 1876-1878;
John Franklin Murray 1878-1879;
Abraham J. Rich 1879-1880;
James Laferty Stiffy 1880-1881;
Jesse H. Hull 1881-1882;
F. W. Day 1882-1883;
William F. Lauck 1883-1884;
James L. Deens 1884-1885;
Jesse William Cary 1885-1887;
Name changed to Coraopolis in 1886.
Zenas M. Silbaugh 1887-1888;
Edward Williams 1888-1890;
R. N. Leak 1890-1891;
Wesley G. Mead 1891-1892;
Joseph Jackson Hays 1892-1894;
Coraopolis:
Richard Cartwright 1894-1895;
William T. Robinson 1895-1899;
Oscar Adams Emerson 1899-1900;
William Elmer Ellsworth Robinson 1900-1903;
Benjamin F. Beazell 1903-1905;
Richard Bruce Cuthbert 1905-1907;
George Henry Flinn 1907-1909;
George S. Holmes 1909-1912;
Elmer H. Greenlee 1912-1914;
Robert Stewart Ross 1914-1915;
Daniel M. Paul 1915-1918;
Earl Creal Lindsay 1918-1922;
Charles Amos Hartung 1922-1929;
Chester A. Clark 1929-1936;
Leroy C. Cass 1936-1939;
William Rufus Hofelt 1939-1942;
Arthur Culmer Schultz 1942-November 1950;
Charles R. Wolf November, 1950-1956;
Francis Abner Goodrich 1956-1964;
John Valjean Mullins 1964-1972;
John Warren Aupperle 1972-January 1, 1976;
Robert Charles Wilson January 1976-1985;
George Samuel Crooks 1985-1988;
Ronald Arthur Youngdahl, Associate 1986-1987;
Donald Guy Scandrol 1988-May 1, 1997;
George Samuel Crooks Associate 1988-August 15, 1988;
Jeffrey Dahle Sterling June 1, 1997-2003;
Joan Elaine Reasinger Deacon Director, Christian Education 1987-1997;
Joan Elaine Reasinger Deacon Minister of Discipleship 1997-2002;
George Edward Tutwiler Associate November 1, 1994-2001;
Beth Lynne Nelson 2003-2005;
Josephine Whitely-Fields 2005-2006;
Dean Byrom 2006--