HISTORY

During the 1880’s, Dutch immigrants came to Wisconsin and settled in Hingham. The Hingham Reformed Church (RCA) was organized on May 20, 1890 with eight families in attendance. Pastors from Gibbsville, East Oostburg, and Cedar Grove led the services in the Methodist Church building. Reverend Peter Swart accepted a call to Hingham in 1904 and the congregation became self-supporting. There were 75 families in attendance.

Rev. Swart, an accomplished architect, drew up plans for a new building, which was completed in 1910. This building served the church until the 1960s, when the current building was completed. In June, 1990, the church celebrated its 100 year anniversary with a week of festivities.

In 2017, as a response to the Reformed Church of America’s official change in position on Biblical inerrancy (the RCA moved away affirming the inerrancy of Scripture), the congregation voted in leave the denomination. To help with the transition, the church brought in an interim senior pastor, Dr. Ken Moberg. During his tenure, the church voted to become members of the Evangelical Free Church of America.

In keeping with the denominational change, the congregation voted to change the name of the organization to ‘Hingham Church’ in December of 2020. For the past 130 years, our congregation has been blessed with faithful, caring leaders, who are committed to Christ and his Gospel, and we pray that he will continue to do so. To God be the glory!