"He will be called, 'Wonderful Counselor,' 'Mighty God,'
'Eternal Father,' 'Prince of Peace.' "
Isaiah 9:6
History
On May 6, 1967 the Presbytery of Baltimore voted the funds to purchase a building site for a church in the new community of Crofton, Maryland. Reverend Leonard A. Dahl, the associate minister of Baltimore's Second Presbyterian Church, became first the church's organizing pastor and later its first fulltime minster. Meeting in the ballroom of the Four Seasons Club, 118 charter members formally consituted Prince of Peace United Presbyterian Church on the evening of December 17, 1967, the date since celebrated as the church's birthday. The new congregation purchased the house at 1651 Ardsley Place, today's Fellowship Hall, the following year. The building at 1657 Crofton Parkway, with the church's sanctuary and offices, was constructed during 1975 and the Christian education wing was added to it in 1992. Following Reverend Dahl, four other dedicated pastors have served the congregation: Frederick J. Wood, interim David C. Harris, Donald M. Brower, and Jon Fregger. Prince of Peace Presbyterian Church is a community of Christian faith which has had a dynamic past--and looks forward to a bright future.