In 1864, Pastor J.J. Groenfeldt succeeded Brother Iverson in Door County and Iverson began to serve two small groups in Illinois. These efforts did not meet with success so the Home Mission Society decided to send him back to an area which promised to show the most potential for growth.
The group in Fort Howard was still together, more Scandinavians had settled there, and several families from Ephraim had moved back. They continued to be without a church or a minister and so they petitioned the Provincial Elders Conference in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to send Andrew Iverson back to them. He returned to Fort Howard and on Saturday, September 22nd, 1866, the group of faithful members and friends of the Moravian Church began the process of reorganizing. The next day, September 23, 1866, Pastor Iverson preached his first sermon as their returning pastor. As usual, he preached in Norwegian.
Reorganization was completed on the following Sunday, September 30, when those who were not already members were received into the fellowship. The membership at this time consisted of nine adults, eight young people and ten children.
