Giddings, Lee County
Established as a German-English mission church in 1895 by the Rev. G. W. Buschacher, Bethany Lutheran Church called the Rev. H. P. Grief as first pastor. Teacher Ernest Lubner managed the Bethany School. In 1902 the mission board withdrew support for Bethany. The congregation was served by full-time pastors from 1914 to 1925, after which vicars conducted the school and services; formal rites were performed by visiting pastors. In 1964 the mission at Greens Creek was razed. Records went to an area museum and the church bell to Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Littlefield. The Bethany Cemetery is all that remains. (1997)