Complex sentence: Incorporated in 1887 as the First German Church of the Evangelical Association in Indianapolis, Emmanuel Church was also known as First German Evangelical Church; it merged with other local churches and was renamed Lockerbie Square United Methodist Church in 1979.
Split into simpler sentences: Incorporated in 1887 as the First German Church of the Evangelical Association in Indianapolis, Emmanuel Church was also known as First German Evangelical Church. It merged with other local churches and was renamed Lockerbie Square United Methodist Church in 1979.