Since its organization in 1873 St. Paul’s has been served by eighteen pastors. Our last retiring pastor, Rev. Allen A. Werk, was called in 1996. We now have been blessed with our 19th Pastor, Thompson Marin and his family.
St. Paul’s has long been committed to Christian Education. In 1998, after more than thirty years of providing Christian preschool we expanded to include elementary level education.

In 2012 we formed a partnership with the Lutheran Church of Maniche, Haiti. Maniche is a group of people in a mountain village in southern Haiti. We support them financially, we pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in this village, and we try to make sure that someone from our family of believers in Batavia is able to go to visit and work with them as often as possible.

We are also providing opportunities for people to get involved in loving service to others through work trips within the United States. We have sent work crews to New Orleans after Katrina and to the Midwest after tornadoes. It is important to us to put our faith into action to take the love of Jesus to the very places where people are hurting or in need.

The group of believers at St. Paul is now exploring ways to deepen and enrich our personal lives as followers of Jesus. We know that it is vital that we carry our love for Jesus outside these walls and into our neighborhoods and workplaces.

Many opportunities for ministry still lie before us. May our God, who has been our help in ages past, continue to be our hope for the years to come.

St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church is a sanctuary in our community where the Gospel is faithfully preached and taught, believers are strengthened and equipped through Word and Sacrament, and Christ’s love is shared by word and deed to serve and further God’s kingdom.