 After the German surrender, he was asked to represent Dwight D. Eisenhower before the Consistory, a ruling body of the German Protestant church, in order to determine how the German Church would be rebuilt.Upon returning to the U.S. from the war, he soon learned that he was a candidate for the pastorate of the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. and ultimately became its pastor in 1946.One of his first duties there was to oversee the transition of the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church to the National Presbyterian Church, a move that had been in the works for many years.