Some Effingham County Lutherans are leaving their churches in an effort to disassociate with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination in the country.

Jun. 25—Renovations are finally complete at the First Presbyterian Church in Effingham about a year-and-a-half after a fire severely damaged the building that many congregants have called their ...

According to an account of the church by the Historic Effingham Society, Mallette moved into the area in 1785, building a log meetinghouse about 300 feet south of where the church stands today.