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Bryant, S.D. Union Congregational Church, 1892-2009.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5431
Abstract The Union Congregational Church of Bryant, S.D. was founded on March 13, 1892, with the writing of its first constitution. On March 30th, 1892, the church joined in covenant fellowship with Congregational churches in DeSmet, Hetland, Erwin, Lake Preston, and Willow Lakes. The church building was finished in 1897 and later remodeled in 1945. This collection records the activities of the church and its community through annual reports, membership records, church correspondence, yearbook...
Dates: 1892-2009

Congregational Home Missionary Society records, 1882-1963.

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Identifier: RG5341
Abstract The Congregational Home Missionary Society provided financial assistance for congregations that could not afford to support their own minister. They also engaged in missionary activities in locations such as states west of the Mississippi, the southern Ohio River region, Black churches in northern cities, and foreign-speaking churches. The CHMS came out of the American Home Missionary Society, which was a multi-denominational organization started in 1826 to assist congregations that are...
Dates: 1882-1963