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Chapters: Southeast Conference, United Church of Christ, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Carolina, Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, Southeastern District, Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, William Clancy, Ignatius A. Reynolds, Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the South, South Carolina Annual Conference, Columbia South Carolina Temple,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ is the regional body of the United Church of Christ within the states of Alabama, northwestern Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee (except the city of Memphis). Headquartered in Atlanta, the conference's executive (Conference Minister) is the Rev. Dr. Timothy C. Downs. This conference bears the strong heritages of several missionary efforts, dating back to the postbellum period of the late 19th century, although one church was founded as early as 1681. At least half of the cumulative membership of the Conference's churches is African-American, reflecting the mission work of the American Missionary Association, as well as more recent church planting targeting that constituency. Although historically a mission territory and among the smaller conferences in the denomination, the Southeast Conference is beginning to see signs of growth, encouraged by an aggressive campaign to instigate new congregations and an increasing emphasis on peace and justice witness programs. In addition to the conference minister, several associate conference ministers implement programming to provide educational, youth, and evangelistic ministries for the churches. The Conference holds its annual meeting every June, and is governed by a board of di...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4570295 ... Read more

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Chapters: Presbyterian Church, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Presbyterian Church in America, Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church of Australia, Bible Presbyterian Church, Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Reformed Church, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Presbyterian Church in Malaysia, Free Church of Antioch, Presbyterian Church of Korea, Free Church of Scotland, Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly, Free Reformed Churches of Australia, American Presbyterian Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia, Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, Southern Presbyterian Church, Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland, Associated Presbyterian Churches, Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States, Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales, Presbyterian Church of India, Orthodox Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 158. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) or PC (USA) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed family of Protestantism, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. and was established by the 1983 merger of the former Presbyterian Church in the United States, whose churches were located in the Southern and border states, and the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, whose congregations could be found in every state. The reunited denomination is the most visible and influential Presbyterian denomination in North America and has 2,140,165 members and 13,462 ordained ministers in 10,751 congregations as of 2008. Denominational offices are located in Loui...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25031 ... Read more

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Chapters: Church of the Covenant, United Parish of Auburndale, Second Church in Newton, Church on the Hill (Lenox, Massachusetts), First Church Congregational, Bethany Congregational Church (Quincy, Massachusetts), Calvinistic Congregational Church, Allston Congregational Church, Eliot Congregational Church, South Congregational Church (Springfield, Massachusetts). Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Church of the Covenant (a merger of Central Congregational Church and First Presbyterian Church) is a Boston, Massachusetts, landmark, built in 1865-1867 by the Central Congregational Church and now affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the United Church of Christ. Built of Roxbury puddingstone in Gothic Revival style it was one of the first churches to relocate in the new Back Bay and was built largely with funds donated by Benjamin E. Bates, an industrialist who founded Bates College. Designed by Richard M. Upjohn, the son and partner of Richard Upjohn, who insisted on "a high gothic edifice ... which no ordinary dwelling house would overtop." It has a 240-foot (73 m) high steeple, that overtops the Bunker Hill Monument. Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "We have one steeple in Boston that to my eyes seems absolutely perfect--that of the Central Church on the corner of Newbury and Berkeley Streets." In the 1890s the sanctuary was redecorated by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. with stained-glass windows and mosaics and an electric-light chandelier designed by Tiffany's Jacob Adolphus Holzer for the World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, 1893. The Church of the Covenant is located at 67 Newbury Street. It was known as the "Central Church" until 1932 when the Central Congregational Church merged with the First Presbyterian Church of Boston ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12024592 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: United Methodist Church, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Methodist Church of Great Britain, Evangelical Methodist Church, Methodist Church in Singapore, Evangelical United Brethren Church, Bible Methodist Connection of Churches, Methodist Church in Malaysia, Methodist Church Ghana, Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc., Southern Methodist Church, the Methodist Church, United Methodist Church, Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches. Excerpt:Classification: Protestant The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches was organized in 1968 as a secession group from the merger of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Pilgrim Holiness Church . Church government The connection has 3 conferences; the Heartland Conference (formerly the Ohio Conference), Alabama Conference, and Great Lakes Conference. A conference assembly is held yearly with a general conference assembly that meets every 4th year to shape church doctrine and polity. Doctrine The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches posits that the "doctrine and purpose of the Bible Methodist Church is to proclaim scriptural holiness." It is their view that "God's people should be a holy people, having an impact on their world through Godly lives, enabled by the power of daily Spirit-filled living, that brings total victory and deliverance." History On June 6, 1967, representatives of twenty-eight congregations of the Wesleyan Methodist Church met at Camp Eden, Alabama, to organize themselves into The Bible Methodist Connection of Churches. The reasons for the Bible Methodist secession parallel in many respects those of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in their secession from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1843. Several issues which were crucial in the formation of Bible Methodism clearly emerge from this period: 1) the que... ... Read more

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A fresh and highly accessible collection of the most significant writings of this critical time in the life of the church, this volume begins with the influence of medieval thought and proceeds to all the major movements and thinkers of the period. This is a major new study of the Reformation for scholars, pastors, and laypersons alike. ... Read more

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Chapters: Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights is a church located in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA. It is a member of the United Church of Christ. The Senior Minister is Rev. Dr. Shawnthea Monroe. The church building, dedicated in 1923, has been designated a landmark by the Shaker Heights Landmarks Commission. The church traces its origins to the Free Presbyterian Church, formed in 1850 by members of the First Presbyterian Church (Old Stone Church) who objected to that church's moderate stand on slavery. It associated with the Congregational Church two years later, and on August 17, 1852 took the name Plymouth Congregational Church at the suggestion of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. During the 19th Century, the church had various locations in Cleveland, including Euclid Avenue and East 9th Street (1853), Prospect Avenue near East 9th Street (1857), and Prospect Avenue and East 22nd Street (1882). In 1864, Mt. Zion Congregational Church was formed at Plymouth Church. Under the leadership of the Rev. Charles Terry Collins, Plymouth also formed Olivet Mission to work as an outreach in the Czech community. The Plymouth Church congregation disbanded in 1913 due to a loss of members and a lack of money. The planning of Shaker Heights by the Van Sweringen Brothers provided for land for five churches. To provide one of the churches, Plymouth Church was reconstituted in 1916 with the aid of the Congregational Union as a Congregational Community Church. Worship began in Shaker Heights on September 3, 1916 using a temporary chapel, and soon thereafter planning began for a permanent building. The cornerstone for the present church was laid on June 27, 1920, and worship began in the sanctuary on F...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15899343 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This association is the smallest of the five numerically; headquartered in Columbus, it occupies not only central and southeastern Ohio, but some churches in adjoining parts of West Virginia as well. Despite its small size, it is home to the Conference's oldest congregation, First Congregational in Marietta, established during the first settlements of the Northwest Territory in 1796. ... Read more