Beginning in Prussia in 1817, most Lutheran and Reformed Churches in Germany were united as Evangelical Churches. Immigrants
to American founded both pietist and rationalist (Evangelical Protestant) denominations.
All of these traditions are now part of the United Church of Christ. Our book gives the best organizational history of
these groups currently in print.
Congregations of the German Evangelical Synod of North America and Related Groups
The extensive history in this book covers the development of various groups that became part of the German Evangelical
Synod of North America. The Synod merged to the Reformed Church in the United States in 1934 to form the Evangelical and Reformed
Church. Also included are summary histores of many rationalist Evangelical Protestant groups. The last of these, the Evangelical
Protestant Church of North America, merged with the Congregationalists in 1925.
The text highlights organizational development, and includes related health and welfare and educational institutions.
The directory portion identifies all congregations known to be part of the Synod and fifteen other denominational groups. Also
included are all Evangelical and Reformed congregations formed from the formation of that union until the organization of
the United Church of Christ. Related congregations in Canada and mission sites in India and Honduras are listed as well.
Annotated bibliography and completely indexed!
LCCN: 98-90846 ISBN: 0-9622486-3-0
367 + viii pages. Folio Size. Limited Edition. (1998)
