Zion
United Methodist Church of Iona was founded in 1894 as the Zion United
Brethren Church of Iona, chartered by the Zion United Brethren Church of
Myerstown. The original church building which was completed in
1899 was
a wooden two-story church structure with a bell-tower steeple, often
referred to as the "white church" in the Iona community.
Following the merger of the United Brethren and the Evangelical
Alliance denominations, the church became known as the Zion
Evangelical United Brethren Church of Iona in 1946
In 1969, the current church structure was completed on the same
property of 1920 South Fifth Avenue. Following the merger of the
Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church
in 1968, the church name changed once again to the current Zion United
Methodist Church of Iona
