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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 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.
William Smith (September 7, 1727 – May 14, 1803) was an Episcopal priest who served as first provost [1] of the College of Philadelphia, which became the University of Pennsylvania.
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.
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 Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ (2004) Frey, Sylvia R. "The Visible Church: Historiography of African American Religion since Raboteau," Slavery and Abolition, Jan 2008, Vol. 29 Issue 1, pp 83–110; Hatch, Nathan O.
He founded his final church here in 1740 and is buried beneath it. The church was named in his honor. John Phillip Boehm (1683–1749) was a school teacher and an early leader in the German Reformed Church (now the Reformed Church in the United States ), first as a lay reader and later as an ordained minister.
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 ...