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In 1806, a major revival movement spread throughout eastern Pennsylvania, affecting many religious groups. Albright's followers grew greatly. By 1807, when the newly organized, unnamed church held its first annual conference, the church had 220 members. Here Albright was elected bishop. He also assigned preachers and did what business was needed.
The Evangelical Church was founded in 1800 by Jacob Albright (1759–1808), a German-speaking Christian native of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, area, influenced by John Wesley and the Methodist Episcopal Church and by followers of Philip William Otterbein. In 1790, several of his children died of dysentery.
Around the world, each united or uniting church comprises a different mix of predecessor Protestant denominations. [1] Trends are visible, however, as most united and uniting churches have one or more predecessors with heritage in the Reformed tradition and many are members of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
In 1780, Smith moved to Chestertown, Maryland, where he founded and become the first president of Washington College, an institution that he intended to be the premiere academic institution of the region; it received almost exclusive patronage from the first President of the United States, George Washington. Smith continued to own enslaved ...
The seal of the Moravian Church featuring the Agnus Dei in stained glass at the Rights Chapel of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Before finally settling in Pennsylvania, and later founding another settlement in North Carolina, the Moravians initially made an attempt at settlement in Georgia for their mission work. [6]
In 1787, Richard Allen and his colleagues in Philadelphia broke away from the Methodist Church and in 1815 founded the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, which, along with independent black Baptist congregations, flourished as the century progressed. By 1846, the AME Church, which began with eight clergy and five churches, had grown to ...
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts founded. [23] [24] Arch Street Friends Meeting House built. 1806 – U.S. Supreme Court decides Commonwealth v. Pullis, criminalizing labor strikes. [15] 1807 – First African Presbyterian Church founded. [16] 1809 – First African Baptist Church founded. [16] 1810 Columbian Garden opens on Market Street ...
The Union Church and Burial Ground (also known as the Old Mud Church) is an historic, American church and cemetery that is located on East Presqueisle Street in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. The church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.