The committee in charge was Alexander Reed, Henry C. Singley, Fred B. Gruel and John Stoddart.

The need now became so imperative for a recognized church, that on Feb. 12, 1872, one was formally organized with forty-seven members, L.B. Hartman pastor, and John A. Stoddart, Henry O. Singley and G.G. Mayhew, deacons.