When the first Lutheran settlers came to this part of the country, although heavily occupied with the task of clearing land, building homes, and making a living, their souls were hungry for the Word of God.

Sometimes they met in their homes to read from the sermons of Martin Luther, and as early as 1857 pastors from neighboring areas such as Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Shawano, and later, Bloomfield and Caledonia, came to minister to these people.  In about 1873, a number of Lutherans living mainly east of the Wolf River came together to hold services in homes, in a hotel, in a school house just outside the village limits and finally, in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Fremont.  This church was purchased by the Lutherans for their own use.

On November 1, 1885, the Fremont Lutherans submitted and adopted a constitution to become St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fremont, Wisconsin.  St. Paul’s acquired its cemetery near Templeton Bayou.

A steeple was added to the church in 1912 and the “little white schoolhouse” was built in 1917.

Steeple Addition 1912

In 1921 a call was sent to Rev. E.A. Schmidt of South Dakota.  He was installed on April 17, 1921.  St. Paul’s became a member of the Missouri Synod.  In 1927 a building fund for a new church was authorized.  The cornerstone was laid June 17, 1928, and the new church and pipe organ were dedicated on November 11, 1928.

In 1960 the congregation celebrated its 75^th Anniversary.

A new addition to the church was dedicated on July 15, 1990.

Early service remains more traditional in nature and late service is blended, but more importantly, we still remain “souls hungry for the Word of God,” the Word made flesh in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Dedication Day 1928

1921–1939 

Pastor E.A. Schmidt 

1940-1952 

Pastor Louis Going 

1952-1972 

Pastor H. Paul Westmeyer 

1972-1973 

Pastor Jerome Newton 

1974-1979 

Pastor Charles Simmons 

1979-1994 

Pastor Paul W. Hartrick 

1994-1997 

Pastor Mark Drengler 

1998-2002 

Pastor John Schmidt 

2001-2004 

Pastor Adrian Hanft, II 

2005-Present 

Pastor Stephen D. Pope