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Christian union.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on prospective and actual mergers within and across denominational lines.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Boston, Mass. Union Congregational Church records, 1822-1984.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0031
Abstract The history of the Union Congregational Church begins with the formation of the Essex Street Church in 1819. In 1822, owing to a disagreement with the church’s pastor, a minority of the church withdrew from the Essex Street Church and reformed the Union Congregational Church. The church was substantially rebuilt in 1840 and a new church building was constructed at the corner of Columbus Avenue and West Newton Street in 1870. In 1907, the Berkley Temple Congregational Church merged into the...
Dates: 1822-1984
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / Boston, Mass. Union Congregational Church records, 1822-1984.

Charlestown, Boston, Mass. First Church records, 1632-1927.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0049
Abstract Charlestown proper was founded in 1628 and formally settled on July 4, 1629. The First Church of Charlestown was gathered in 1632. The church’s third meeting house was destroyed during the Battle of Bunker Hill and the fourth meeting house was not constructed until 1783 after the American Revolutionary War had ended. In 1913, the Winthrop Church merged with the First Church. In 1957, the interior of the church was destroyed by a fire; financial hardship delayed the restoration of the church...
Dates: Record Keeping: 1632-1927
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / Charlestown, Boston, Mass. First Church records, 1632-1927.

Haverhill, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1719-2011.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5027
Abstract Haverhill was first settled by Puritans in 1640. Rev. John Ward was officially installed as the pastor of the First Parish in 1645 and the first meeting house was constructed in 1648. The second meeting house was completed in 1699 and the third was completed in 1766. In 1833 the First Parish became Unitarian and the Congregationalist dissenters formed the Independent Congregational Church and Society which was later renamed to the Centre Congregational Church and Society. In 1859 a large...
Dates: 1719-2011
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / Haverhill, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1719-2011.

Jaffrey, N.H. United Church of Jaffrey records, 1827-1980.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0106
Abstract

The roots of the United Church of Jaffrey start in 1850 when 23 members of Jaffrey's First Congregational Church established Jaffrey East Orthodox Congregational Church, erecting a meeting-house the same year. The United Church records document the history and life of the church, including reports, meeting minutes, vital statistics, financial information, church bulletins, auxiliary groups, correspondence, and property deeds. Records are fragmentary and incomplete.

Dates: 1827-1980
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / Jaffrey, N.H. United Church of Jaffrey records, 1827-1980.

Providence, R.I. Hope Street Church records, 1843-1974.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5548
Abstract

The Free Evangelical Congregational Church was gathered in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1843. In 1945, the name of the church was changed to Hope Street Church. In 1950, the church merged with the Second Presbyterian Church of Providence. The church still exists today as the Providence Presbyterian Church. This collection contains vital membership records and administrative records and includes vital statistics, meeting minutes, and governance documents.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1843-1974.
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / Providence, R.I. Hope Street Church records, 1843-1974.

The fellowship of the New England churches with Presbyterians manuscript, 1921. : [manuscript]

 Collection — Box Small 7, Folder: 18
Identifier: MS5117
Dates: 1921
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / The fellowship of the New England churches with Presbyterians manuscript, 1921. : [manuscript]

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