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FormatJournal Article
Title, AnalyticA Brief History of the Evangelical Synod of North America
Journal TitlePastPorts
Date of PublicationAug. 2021
Location in Work1-10, 12-14, ill., maps
View OnlineEvangelical Synod of North America (PDF)
ContentsI. European Background --- The Protestant Reformation --- Rationalism and Pietism --- The Development of a United German Protestantism and Old Lutheran Response --- German Foreign Mission Societies --- II. German Evangelical Foundations in the United States --- Ninteenth-Century German Immigration --- [Challenges Faced By Missionaries Seeking to Establish Congregations Among German Immigrants] --- III. Establishment and Development of the German Evangelical Synod of North America --- Early Organization --- Consolidation and Growth --- Policy --- Doctrine and Ethos --- Instiutions and Missions (Education Institutions, Benevolent Instiutions, Foreign Missions, Home Missions) --- IV. Acculturation and Merger --- The Language Question --- Merger With the Reformed Church ---
AbstractThe Evangelical Synod of North America was founded by 19th-century German immigrants, and "was unique among American denominations in that it blended German Lutheran and Reformed doctrinal traditions into a United Church."
NotesSt. Louis Public Library, History and Genealogy Department. Includes bibliographical references.
MKI Annotation"Finding Records of Evangelical Synod Congregations," pages 11-12.
Call NumberDigital file
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Religion -- History/ Evangelical Synod of North America (UCC)