Good Shepherd Lutheran Church began in 1956 when several young families were moved by the Holy Spirit to establish a Lutheran congregation in Frankfort. Initially, 21 men signed on as voting members. Those original families included the names of Kuch, Klier, Subbert, Uthe, Koenig, Kuse, Seeman, Heyer Lauffer, Simpson, Schuldt, Cohrs, Hopkins, Wischover, Lahti, Bell, Schinkowski, Schilling, Mather and Sangmeister. Many of those families still play a very active roll in the congregation today. The Rev. Adolph E Ullrich was elected as a part-time pastor and installed on April 15, 1956. At the first regular meeting of the congregation, held on January 27, 1957, Pastor Ulrich reported that there were 26 voting members, 71 communicant members, 150 souls, 47 in Sunday School, 14 on the cradle roll 5 in each of two Confirmation classes.