The churches, Toms Run and Sugar Hill, were served by several Elders and Ministers during the years before a full-time pastor was installed. Israel Brower, David Flory, Jacob Lowman, Ezra Gilbert, Francis Cotterman, Landon West, Jonas Horning, D.M. Garver, Aaron Brubaker, Emanuel Shank, J. Franklin Brubaker, Noah Erbaugh, Samuel Miller, Noah Berry, John Good, B.F. Petry and Frank Brower took turns preaching without pay.