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The Christian church of Ansley was organized in Alarch 1889, following a meeting held in a hall over C. J. Stevens" store, by the state evangelist, R. C. Barrow. The charter members were Dan Hagin, Mrs. Dovia Hagin, Frank Hagin, John Sargent, Laura A. Sargent, Simon Rigby, Alice Rigby, Mary Hagin, George Rich, Marie Rich, Fanny Gaines, ^Irs. Anthony, and Jeanette Stevenson (now Mrs. Frank Housel). The officiary consisted of two elders, John Sargent and George Rich, and two deacons, Dan Hagin and Simon Rigby. In 1892 the present house of worship was erected, at a cost of $3,000. and it was dedicated in Augvist of that year, by Dr. W. P. Aylsworth. dean of the sacred-literature department of Cotner L'niversity. The succes- sion of pastors is here recorded: W. H. Hedges, Fred Hagin, J. Sherman Hill. J. \\'. Walker. George Bailey, Jesse R. Teagarden, C. \'. Allison, T. C. :McIntyre. D. G. \\'agner. F. D. Hobson, P. G. Dennis, and the present pastor, Charles A. Shook. The church now has an active membership of 153 and an outlying membership of about thirty-five in th? church organized at the Banner schoolhouse in December, 1917, by the pastor, Charles A. Shook. It has a Bible school enrollment of about 150, with an average attendance of seventy-one. C. W. Hawk is the present superintendent. The Chi'istian Endeavor Society has thirteen members and Miss Eva S'tuckey is president. There is a strong woman's missionary society, known as the Christian Woman's Board of Missions .-Xuxiliarv, with

Passage source: History of Custer County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religous, and Civic Developement from the Early Days to the Present Time, published 1919.

This church has sent out one preacher, Fred Hagin, son of Dan and Mrs. Dovia Hagin, and he has been for some years a missionary in the foreign field, at Tokio, Japan. This has been one of the strong churches of the Disciples of Christ in this county. It has maintained its vitality and has a prominent place in the village of Ansley and the community round about.

Passage source: History of Custer County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religous, and Civic Developement from the Early Days to the Present Time, published 1919.

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