Methodist
Episcopal - Erie Conference. The first class of Zion Church was
organized in May 1847 with seven members: Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Hetrick, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob McFadden and Mrs. Black.
The small but devoted Christian band held weekly prayer meetings in
their homes until a log schoolhouse was built in 1850. After
considerable struggle, a building was put up and dedicated to God's
service in 1863. It was erected on the farm of Shannon McFadden, then
the property of his father Jacob McFadden. The next building was built
in 1900 by Thomas Craven. It was dedicated in 1901. The class had 70
members representing 25 families among those were: Mr. and Mrs. Amos
Reigle, John and Fulton Schaffner. There were 15 memorial stained
glass windows, some of which are still in use. Zion was the second
church built on the Warsaw or Richardsville Charge the first being
Mayville (Hazen). In 1964-1965 the annex and bell tower were removed
and a larger annex or vestibule erected. In 1968 Munderf Zion Church
was one of five churches on the Hazen Charge: the others being Hazen,
Allen's Mills, Richardsville and Lake City. The 1968 membership was
58. The Circuit name was later changed to Good Shepherd Parish. The
membership On January 1, 2003 was 56.
