Organized in August 1874 as German Evangelical Unity Church with Rev. Daniel Eschenbrenner as first pastor, the congregation held German services in the Old School House Church on So. 3rd St. A new church at 423 So. 5th St. was dedicated in August 1894, and the congregation was renamed Unity Evangelical Church. Services in English began in 1905. It was located here in June 1961. The Evangelical and Reformed churches of German origin united in 1934, and both had heritage dating to the Reformation in 1517. In 1957 came a merger with the Congregational-Christian church of English origin, the first in the nation between denominations of different governing styles and national backgrounds.