Lutherans of Cole County, Missouri: A History - Hardcoverby Jeremy Amick (Author) The Houses Lutherans Built Large groups of German immigrants began arriving in Cole County in the 1830s. By 1843, thirty seven of them banded together to establish the first Lutheran church in the county Zion Church. The following year, the second Lutheran church was founded near Taos, while the pastors at Zion helped establish a third congregation in Lohman in the 1850s. Doctrinal disputes inspired members to leave the church