Listed below are the lead pastors appointed to the charge now known as Immanuel United Methodist Church, beginning with the first appointment as a single point charge.  Data was collected from the records of the 150th Anniversary Committee, as well as Rae Mitchell for her extensive work on maintaining the historical section of our church library for many years. 

Pastor	Years at Immanuel
Christian Vogel	1849-1850
Frederick Schimmelpgennig	1850-1852
Karl Holwig	1852-1854
Gustav Bertram	1854-1855
Karl Kessinger	1855-1857
William Engel	1857-1858
Henry Dickmann	1858-1859
C.G. Fritche, Sr.	1859-1861
William Eckermeyer	1861-1863
E.R. Wunderlich	1863-1864
Daniel Maule	1864-1865
Henry Liebhart	1865-1870
Herman Herzer	1870-1871
C.F. Paulus	1871-1874
G. Weiler	1874-1877
Gottlob Nachtrieb	1877-1879
George Guth	1879-1882
John H. Horst	1882-1885
C.G. Fritche, Sr.	1885-1888
F.R. Cramer	1888-1893
Gustav E. Hiller	1893-1897
J.H. Schimmelpfennig	1897-1904
John H. Horst	1904-1913
Henry W. Lenz	1913-1918
Frank T. Enderis	1918-1932
Edward D. Edelmaier	1932-1937
E.W. Elrod	1937-1940
W. Bruce Strother	1940-1943
C. Nevil White	1943-1944
J.I. Meyer	1944-1947
W. Bruce Strother	1947-1952
James A. Shepherd	1952-1961
Kenneth Clay	1961-1971
Steadman Bagby	1971-1975
Harold F. Gardner	1975-1978
William M. Pope	1978-1985
Robert Gipson	1985-1992
Donald R. Guth	1992-1997
J. Paul Brunstetter	1997-2004
Barry K. Carpenter	2004 -