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Religious leaders from Richmond, Virginia (1 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Religious leaders from Virginia" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
In the 1760s, future Governor of Virginia and U.S. President Thomas Jefferson purchased an English translation of the Quran while studying law. At the time, Muslims were alluded to in Virginia as "Mahometans," and while an estimated 20 percent of enslaved Africans were Muslim, [3] much of Virginia's citizenry at the time did not acknowledge that Muslims existed in America.
The history of religion in early Virginia begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony, in particular the commencing of Anglican services at Jamestown in 1607. In 1619, the Church of England was made the established church throughout the Colony of Virginia , becoming a dominant religious, cultural, and political force.
Pages in category "Religious leaders from Richmond, Virginia" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2007, the Diocese of Virginia elected Johnston to be coadjutor bishop to Bishop Peter James Lee, who was nearing retirement. He was consecrated at Washington National Cathedral on May 26, 2007, by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori , Bishop Lee and his suffragan David Colin Jones, as well as Bishops Duncan M. Gray III of Mississippi ...
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Virginia Mennonite Conference is a body of Mennonite churches in the south-Atlantic region of the United States, consisting of Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky and the city of Washington, D.C. There are 60 congregations in the Conference, and a number of congregations in formation without full membership status.