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Chicago, Ill. Fourth Congregational Church records, 1893-1992.
Collection
Identifier: RG5135
Abstract
Fourth Congregational Church of Chicago traces its origins back to a Congregational Sunday school which started in 1867 and met in a blacksmith shop. From this Sunday school sprang three churches, Grace, Cortland Street, and Maplewood. These three churches merged in 1916 and took the name Fourth Church. The records include finances, youth education and outreach, membership records, correspondence, reports, and church newsletters.
Dates:
1893-1992
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Churchman's League records, 1940-1989.
Collection
Identifier: RG5332
Abstract
The Churchman's League was created for the purpose of promoting programs of study research, education, legislation and action. They also sought to generate the forces that undergird the values which make for civic righteousness, soical justice, moral decenct and a better life for mankind. In 1963, the Churchman's League (often referring to itself as "The League") expanded its original structure and became "three leagues in one". These three branches were the Massachusetts Temperance League,...
Dates:
1940-1989
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Comstock Park, MI. Comstock Park Congregational Church records, 1888-2021.
Collection
Identifier: RG5418
Abstract
On March 22, 1910, nineteen people gathered for a meeting called by Charles G. Marshall to discuss forming a church in order to fulfill the community's religious needs. As a result of the discussion, the Comstock Park Congregational Church officially formed with thirty-nine members on July 7, 1910. The church moved online once the Covid-19 pandemic started in 2020 and while they saw increased engagement online, it would not be enough to keep the church going. A final service was held in...
Dates:
1910-2021
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Grand Rapids, MI. South Congregational Church records, 1850-2001.
Collection
Identifier: RG4657
Abstract
The origins of South Congregational Church start in 1874 when women from the Park Avenue Congregational Church organized a Sunday School. This would eventually lead to a "Mr. Gilbert" donating land for construction of a chapel. The new chapel was located between Sheldon and Jefferson on Delaware Street and finished in 1876. The South Congregational Church was officially organized on December 12, 1878 with 43 charter members. The church would see steady growth until the end of the 1900s, when...
Dates:
1850-2001
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Lincoln, R.I. Sayles Memorial Church records, 1860-2012.
Collection
Identifier: RG5381
Abstract
William Francis Sayles gathered together 36 residents of Moshassuck (later Saylesville) in June 1860. At first they organized the Friends' District Union Sabbath School, which would be become Sayles Memorial Church. Mr. Sayles had originally opened the school for his employees' children but in 1873 decided to build Sayles Memorial Chapel. The building was partially a memorial to both his and his brother's dead children. The church remained a part of the Sayles estate until the 1950s. In 1954...
Dates:
1860-2012
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Pueblo, Colo. Christ Congregational Church records, 1955-2023.
Collection
Identifier: RG5485
Abstract
In 1955, Rev. Hoy of the First Congregational Church in Pueblo suggested that the residents of the developing Belmont neighborhood should consider establishing a “liberal” protestant church. The Christ Congregational Church was formally incorporated on February 11, 1957. The church building was designed by Elizabeth Wright Ingraham and Gordon Ingraham and construction was completed on the building in August, 1957. The church’s membership rose significantly during the 1960s and dropped during...
Dates:
1955-2023
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Church records and registers. 5
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- Clergy -- United States. 1
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- Community organization. 1
- Photograph albums. 1
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- Barnes, Estle C., 1893-1964 1
- Bohlert, Steve 1
- Brosseit, Lawrence 1
- Chicago (Ill.) 1
- Child, Virginia H. 1
- Christ Congregational Church (Pueblo, Colo.) 1
- Churchman's League 1
- Churchman's League for Civic Welfare 1
- Collins, Earl 1
- Comstock Park Congregational Church (Comstock Park, MI.) 1
- Cortland Street Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Cotton, William 1
- Einerson, Richard J. 1
- Erikson, David M. 1
- Fourth Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Grace Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Happel, Richard 1
- Lincoln (R.!.) 1
- Lord's Day League 1
- Maplewood Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Massachusetts Temperance League 1
- Reikow, Philip E. 1
- Sayles Memorial Church (Lincoln, R.I.) 1
- Sayles, William Francis, 1824-1894 1
- Skidmore, Ronald C. 1
- South Congregational Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1
- Van Der Veen, Christian, 1838-1896 1
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