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See also:WINEBRENNER, See also:JOHN (1797-1860) , See also:American clergyman, founder of the " See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:God," was See also:born in Glade Valley, See also:Frederick See also:county, See also:Maryland, on the 25th of See also:March 1797• He studied at See also:Dickinson See also:College, See also:Carlisle, See also:Pennsylvania, was ordained in the See also:German Reformed Church in 182o and became a pastor at See also:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where his revival See also:preaching and his Revival Hymn-See also:Book (1825) brought about a break between his followers and the Reformed Church. In 183o he founded the Church of God (whose members are commonly called Winebrennerians) ; he was See also:speaker of its See also:conference and edited its See also:organ, The Church See also:Advocate, until his See also:death in Harrisburg on the 12th of See also:September 186o. He wrote Brief Views of the Church of God (184o); A See also:Treatise on Regeneration (1844); Doctrinal and See also:Practical Sermons (186o); and with I. B. Rupp, The See also:History of all the Religious Denominations in the See also:United States (1844).
The Church of God has three sacraments: See also:baptism (by See also:immersion), feet washing and the See also:Lord's Supper (administered to Christians only, in a sitting posture, and in the evening) ; it is generally Arminian and pre-millenarian, and in See also:government has See also:local elders and deacons, an See also:annual eldership composed of pastors and See also:lay elders, and, chosen by (and from) the annual elderships. a See also:general eldership which meets since 1905 once in four years. The See also:denomination in 1906 numbered 518 organizations and 24,356 communicants, in the following states: Pennsylvania (11,157), See also:Ohio (298o), See also:Indiana (1999), See also:Illinois (1555), Maryland (1204), See also:Missouri (1053), See also:Iowa, See also:West See also:Virginia, See also:Arkansas, See also:Kansas, See also:Oklahoma, See also:Nebraska, See also:Michigan, See also:Washington, See also:Oregon and See also:Minnesota. Under the general eldership are: See also:Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio; Fort See also:Scott Collegiate See also:Institute, Fort Scott, Kansas; and an See also:academy at Barkeyville, Pennsylvania. Some See also:foreign missionary See also:work is done in See also:Bengal.
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