God willing, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lincoln Township, Audubon County, will also be observing its centennial celebration in 1981.

In January, 1881, Trinity organized with eleven members signing the constitution. Prior to this, services were held in homes. The first church was dedicatged on July 6, 1884, on ground granted to the congregation by Geo. Ullerich, Sr. In 1886 the first parsonage was constructed. A Christian day school was supported from 1885-1931 with an intermission from 1915 to 1919.

Dedication services for a new house of worship, erected on ground purchased from H. Ketelsen, were held October 6, 1901.

Shortly after Rev. Starck arrived to serve the congregation, the Omaha tornado of Easter Sunday March 23, 1913, demolished the edifice. The building and contents were a total loss. Within seven days the congregation resolved to erect another church and the new house of God was dedicated October 26, 1913.

Because of its German ancestry, some suspicions of disloyalty arose during W.W.I. In 1919 the services alternated English and German.

In 1948 a new parsonage was built. The congregation has carried out several major projects of remodeling and modernizing.

Pastors who served the congregation are: W. Mallon - 1881; F. Ehlers, 1881-1882; J. Deckmann, 1882-1886; A. Ehlers, 1887-1906; J. P. Guenther, 1906-1913; E. J. Starck, 1913-1918; J. Schliepsiek, 1918-1924; H. Nieting, 1925-1937; W. A. Otto, 1938-1946; W. D. Kanning, 19461957; H. Hein, 1958-1961; G. C. Hattendorf, 1961-1968; A. R. Allmann, 1968-1972; W. F. Wetzstein, 1972-1976; since October of 1976 Rev. Henry Knoke, who came from Colorado, has served the congregation.

The followers of this faith, who are commonly called Campbellites or Disciples of Christ, worshiped for a number of years with other denominations. A congregation was organized in June, 1885, by Elder H. E. Hidgbee. They first met in the public school building, and later in the Presbyterian Church.

In the spring of 1886, a lot was purchased from John Stillmans, and a church was erected in the summer of 1887, at the northwest corner of Second and May Streets. The building committee was F. W. Arney, L. M. Conklin, and F. H. Long.

Ten different pastors and elders served during the congregation's first 12 years. C. A. Lochart held a protracted meeting of three weeks in 1893, adding 14 new members; a five week protracted meeting in 1897, conducted by Elder D. A. Hunter and son, resulted in 18 new members.

Marion Boles held a similar meeting in 1892, which resulted in 59 new members but left Rev. Boles with painful injuries. While using a gasoline stove to heat water in the baptistry, the building caught fire, and Rev. Boles was badly burned.

Services in the Christian Church continued until about 1920; the church building was later torn down, and the John Oeser home stands there now.