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This, together with "unionism" or the merging of various Protestant groups together, drove many German Lutherans to emigrate. In 1817, Frederick William III of Prussia forced the merging of that country's largest Protestant churches (Lutheran and Reformed) into one single and united Prussian Union of churches . [ 1 ]
The German-American population of the Shenandoah Valley is overwhelmingly Christian and predominantly Protestant. While the Mennonites and the Brethren have been the most prominent German Protestant denominations, smaller German denominations have existed, such as Lutherans and the Reformed. A minority of German Christians in Shenandoah have ...
It was further taken to North America, primarily by German and Scandinavian immigrants. There, it influenced Protestants of other ethnic and other (non-Lutheran) denominational backgrounds, contributing to the 18th-century foundation of evangelicalism, an interdenominational movement within Protestantism that today has some 300 million followers.
Protestant Reformed Churches in America (Dutch Reformed - GKN) One of the most conservative of all Reformed/Calvinist denominations, the PRCA separated from the Christian Reformed Church in the 1920s in a schism over the issue of common grace. Reformed Congregations in North America; Reformed Church in the United States (German Reformed)
Sebastian Zouberbuhler (c. 1710 – January 31, 1773) was a merchant, justice of the peace and politician from Nova Scotia.Born in Switzerland, he emigrated to North America and worked as an agent and merchant, recruiting German Protestants to immigrate to North America.
The British, specifically the Board of Trade, wanted to settle Protestants in the region. Attracting British immigrants was difficult since most preferred to go to the warmer southern colonies. Thus, a plan was developed to aggressively recruit foreign Protestants, who came mostly from German duchies and principalities on the Upper Rhine.
A wide spectrum of Protestants were troubled by the notion that the Catholic Church—especially the pope and bishops—would have a major voice in American politics. Southern Baptists and Lutherans, among other denominations, often focused on religion. Smith lost many traditionally Protestant Democratic areas, especially in the border South.
German Protestant hymnwriters (1 C, 47 P) L. German Lutherans (5 C, 380 P) M. German Methodists (3 C, 5 P) German Protestant missionaries (5 C, 54 P)