The first service was held at the Hotel Muscatine on Oct. 29, 1961, under the direction of the Rev. John B Nieman of the Wilton Zion Lutheran Church. The local congregation was founded through the efforts of Zion Lutheran Church in Wilton and the Iowa District East of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. In July 1962, the Rev. Leo Bruns was called to be the first pastor. He died Dec.25, 1962. He was followed by the Rev. James Kalthoff 1963 - 1966, the Rev David Cloeter 1967-1971, the Rev. Merlin Petersen 1971- 1974, the Rev. Harold Roschke 1976 - 1982, the Rev. Marlin Rempfer 1983 - 1991, Rev Brian Saunders 1992 - 2009, and the present pastor Rev. Jeffery Pautz who was installed in 2009.
When the church was built, it was dubbed the church in the cornfield, because it was built in the middle of a cornfield. A major addition was dedicated in August 1971, With a preschool for children opening in September 1984.
