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United Church of Christ United Church of Christ
United Church of Christ American Protestant denomination formed in 1957 by a merger of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches (see Congregationalism ) and the Evangelical and Reformed Church . The constitution for the new body was adopted in July, 1961, thus completing the... Read more
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Christians name taken by the followers of several evangelical preachers on the American frontier, notably James O'Kelley, Abner Jones, and Barton W. Stone , all of whom were antisectarian. Some congregations joined the Disciples of Christ (see Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) , a body with... Read more
Francis Edward Clark Francis Edward Clark
Francis Edward Clark 1851-1927, American Congregational clergyman, founder of Christian Endeavor . He was born of American parents in Aylmer, Que., and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1873. While serving as pastor of the Williston Congregational Church in Portland, Maine, he organized... Read more
Horace Bushnell Horace Bushnell
Horace Bushnell , 1802-76, American Congregational minister, b. Bantam, Conn. Bushnell became (1833) pastor of the North Church, Hartford, Conn. He wrote Christian Nurture (1847) and God in Christ (1849). Because of certain views of the Trinity allegedly expressed in the latter, unsuccessful... Read more
Leonard Bacon Leonard Bacon
Leonard Bacon 1802-81, American Congregational minister, b. Detroit, Mich. He served for 41 years as pastor of the First Church of New Haven, one of the leading Congregational churches in the country. Bacon was a noted antislavery leader, although not an abolitionist. His Slavery Discussed in... Read more
Robert Schuller Robert Schuller
Robert Schuller 1926-, American Protestant minister and television evangelist, b. Alton, Iowa. Schuller gained attention (1955) when he used a drive-in theater to meet the needs of his expanding Los Angeles congregation. His Reformed Church in America congregation is now housed in a multimillion... Read more
Episcopalianism Episcopalianism
EPISCOPALIANISM EPISCOPALIANISM. The Episcopal Church, U.S.A., is the representative of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Anglicanism first came to America with the Jamestown settlement in 1607 and enjoyed establishment status in Virginia and other southern colonies. In the Middle... Read more

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