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Christ Church has played a prominent roll in the lives of the local inhabitants of for almost 250 years. When this area of Bucks County was settled in the 1730s, the majority of the population consisted of German-speaking Protestants from Germany and Switzerland. The Lutheran and Reformed families of the area united to build a union church in the 1760s. Benjamin Austin surveyed an acre of land for the church on August 22, 1766. The Lutheran pastor, Philip Henry Rapp, recorded that he and the Reformed pastor, Christopher Gobrecht, dedicated the first building on May 4, 1769 giving it the name “Christ Church”.
The original structure, built of logs, was replaced in 1805. The second church was a stone structure with balconies on three sides and an ornately carved pulpit, similar in shape to a wine-goblet. This second church served the two congregations for over sixty years. By the mid-1860s, this second church was too small to accommodate all worshippers. The present building was erected in 1868, at a cost of $10,000. Church members dug the foundation for the new church, and furnished the sand and stones for its construction. The sanctuary had balconies on three sides, and the building was crowned with a long, tapering spire. A fire in 1918 prompted several renovations to the interior, bringing the sanctuary to its present form.
In 1957, the national body of the Evangelical and Reformed Church joined with the Congregational Christian Churches to form the United Church of Christ. Under the motto "That They May All Be One"– Jesus' prayer for the unity of the church– two million members joined hands, including Christ Church, Trumbauersville.
In 1980, the Union Church was dissolved and the congregation of Christ’s Lutheran Church built a new structure across town at 1 Luther Lane. The UCC congregation continues to worship in the historic sanctuary at 101 North Main Street.
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