Church group work.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Brockton, Mass. Porter Congregational Church, 1800-1979.
Collection
Identifier: RG5395
Abstract
The Porter Evangelical Church in North Bridgewater, later the Porter Congregational Church in Brockton, was established in 1850 by members who left the First Parish Congregational Church over ecclesiastical differences. The church purchased a building just north of the First Parish Congregational Church in 1851 and the building was further renovated in 1883, 1925, and 1950. The Wendell Avenue Church and Waldo Congregational Church were both formed out of area missions administered by the...
Dates:
1800-1979
Rev. John Mack papers, 1921-2019.
Collection
Identifier: MS5555
Abstract
John Mack was born on March 7th, 1942, in New York City to Grace and Lewis Mack. He was the middle of three children and was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut. John attended Union Theological Seminary and received his Master of Divinity degree in 1971. While there, he met his future wife, Barbara Gerlach. In 1971, they would serve as co-pastors of Trinity Congregational UCC in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1984, John started to serve as the pastor of First Congregational Church in Washington,...
Dates:
1921-2019