At first St. John's belonged to no Synod, for there was none to belong to. Then, it belonged to the North Carolina Synod from 1803 to 1820. In protest against the un-Lutheran doctrinal laxity of the North Carolina Synod, the Tennessee Synod was organized in 1820. St. John's withdrew from the North Carolina Synod, but it and its Pastor, The Rev. Daniel Moser, hesitated about joining the Tennessee Synod until 1824 when, at a meeting held in Keinadt's (Coyner's) Congregation, in the "Valley" of Virginia, it and its Pastor were accepted into the Tennessee Synod.

When the faculty left Concordia College, Conover, North Carolina, and went to Hickory to establish Lenoir (now Lenoir Rhyne) College, the Missouri Synod came to take up the work at Concordia College. This was in 1892. About two years later, St. John's called the Rev. W.H.T. Dau, D.D., and then joined the Missouri Synod, of which Synod it is still a member.

The Minority Lutheran Congregation, during the Pastorate of the Rev. George S. Hunt, appealed to the Ohio Synod to take them over, which this Synod did.

Recently the Missouri Synod, St. John's Lutheran Congregation, bought the Reformed and Ohio Synod interests in this property. It now belongs entirely to the Missouri Synod Lutherans. This was done during the pastorate of The Rev. Roland E. Haase.

That opened up the way for bigger and better things at St. John's, and these Bigger and Better things have come! The Congregation, which was draggy and sleepy came to life, and it is now awake. It is doing things. A fine activity has changed the graveyard from a place where the motto was "GONE AND FORGOTTEN" into one which reads: "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN". But the awakened Congregation decided not only to take care of the dead, but also to take care of the Living. They have planned and are finishing up one of the nicest Country Churches in Catawba County. St. John's is now definitely on the road to greater things. May she Live, Bloom, and Grow. Heaven's blessings attend her.