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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Title, Monographic | German Evangelical Synod of North America: historical information |
| Abstract | Contents: A Brief History of the Evangelical Synod of North America by Scott Holl, Archivist at Eden Theological Seminary (2008) -- A Brief History of the Evangelical Synod, by Scott Holl, Assistant Librarian, Luhr Library, Eden Theological Seminary (2006) -- The United Church of Christ's German Evangelical Connection: documents from the library and archives at Eden Theological Seminary [bibliography to accompany an exhibit] -- The Stones Cry Out: congregations of the Evangelical Synod of North America in the City of Saint Louis, 1834-2005, an exhibit presented by The Archives of the Evangelical Synod of North America and the Luhr Library, Eden Theological Seminary (St. Louis, MO) -- Der Friedensbote: special anniversary issue [on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Evangelical Synod of North America], St. Louis, Missouri, January 1990 -- Lutheran versus German Evangelical congregations (St. Louis County Library website) -- Timeline flowchart: German-American Background for the Rise and Development of the Kirchenverein des Westens (from Schneider, Carl, The German Church on the American Frontier) -- Timeline flowchart: Origins of the United Church of Christ (based on Schneider, redrawn by Holl, Scott, 2006) -- Historical Information about the United Church of Christ (St. Louis (MO) County Library website, accessed 20181016) -- Short Course in the History of the United Church of Christ (from UCC website, accessed 20181016) |
| Notes | Cumulating file of pamphlets, print-outs. This German immigrant protestant denomination began in 1840 as the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchenverein des Westens [German Evangelical Church Society of the West]; with mergers became the Deutsche Evangelische Synode des Westens [German Evangelical Synod of the West] (1866); after additional mergers became the Deutsche Evangelische Synode von Nord-Amerika [German Evangelical Synod of North America] (1877); dropped "German" from that name in 1925; merged with the General Synod of the (German) Reformed Church in the United States to become the Evangelical and Reformed Church (1934); and in 1957 merged with the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches to become the United Church of Christ (UCC). |
| Call Number | MKI P2016-02 |
| MKI Terms | Religion/ Churches/ Evangelical Synod of North America (UCC)/ History/ Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchenverein des Westens/ |