In 1909 a new frame building with an auditorium thirty-six feet square and an 18 by 24 foot annex, was built on the same site at a cost of $5,610, including the furnishings. Dedication services were held January 2, 1910.
Except in the early days Shiloh did not have a resident minister, sharing their pastor with Gridley, where he resided. Farms grew bigger, families were smaller and transportation easier, and some families formerly attending Shiloh transferred to churches in neighboring communities. In 1948 the Shiloh congregation began discussions with the El Paso Methodist Church on the possibility of merging; the merger was completed Sunday, May 16, 1948, with the pastors of the two churches, the Reverend K. A. Lipp and Jack B. North participating in the service. The Shiloh building was sold at auction to the Davis Bros. of Minonk on April 20, 1950, for $625; they dismantled it and used the lumber elsewhere.
THE EMANUEL EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHERN congregation was organized in early 1872, from among the English-speaking Evangelicals of the community, and they purchased the former Congregational church building on March 19 that year for $1,500. It was the first church building erected in El Paso, and was located on Second Street
Emanuel Evangelical United Brethern Church, West Second Street.
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