Abstract The Rhode Island Domestic Missionary Society was formed in 1802 and the Evangelical Consociation of Congregational Churches was formed in 1806. The two entities merged in 1912 as the Rhode Island Congregational Conference. The Rhode Island Congregational Conference merged with the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Christian Conference in 1931 to form the Rhode Island Congregational Christian Conference. After the formation of the United Church of Christ, the conference was known as the Rhode...