In 1998, the Old Rugged Cross Foundation Inc. was formed to restore the original church building in Pokagon. It had been in use as a barn for many years and had fallen into disrepair. For ...

I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it some day for a crown.” George Bennard lived his retirement years in Reed City, Michigan, and passed away there in 1958.

POKAGON - As the driving force with her husband, Bob, behind the Old Rugged Cross Church restoration project, Molly Shaffer knows quite a bit about the church's history.