Church membership.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:
Denver, Colo. Seventh Avenue Congregational Church records, 1884-1999.
Collection
Identifier: RG5512
Abstract
The Villa Park Congregational Church was organized, with the help of Rev. George Rose, in 1890 and construction on the first church building was completed by October of that year. In 1913, land was purchased at the intersection of West Seventh Avenue and King Street, in the Barnum neighborhood, for the purpose of constructing a new church building. That same year, the church formally voted to become the Seventh Avenue Congregational Church. The church struggled to flourish in the following...
Dates:
1884-1999
Dorchester, Boston, Mass. First Church records, 1727-1784.
Collection
Identifier: RG0861
Abstract
In 1631, a log cabin was built to serve as the first meeting house of the recently settled Dorchester Plantation. For its first five years of existence, the parish had two ministers, John Warham and John Maverick. They were followed by Rev. Richard Mather, who served from 1636-1669. The church evolved from a Trinitarian Congregational church, during the pastorate of Thaddeus Mason Harris (1793-1836), to the Unitarian denomination. The First Parish Dorchester Church, now a member of the...
Dates:
1727-1784
Dover, N.H. First Parish Church records, 1614-1862.
Collection
Identifier: RG1319
Abstract
Gathered in 1633, the First Parish Church in Dover is the oldest church in New Hampshire. Rev. Hanserd Knollys organized the First Parish Church as a religious organization in 1638. The church joined the United Church of Christ in 1961 and the name changed to First Parish Congregational Church in 1996. Records include births, marriages, deaths, dismissals, disciplinary cases, meeting minutes, financial records, and pew plans; letters by Rev. Jeremy Belknap, Rev. Hubbard Winslow, and the...
Dates:
1614-1862, 1967
East Providence, R.I. United Congregational Church records, 1889-1970.
Collection
Identifier: RG5550
Abstract
The United Congregational Church in East Providence, Rhode Island, was gathered in 1889. The church building was designed by the William R. Walker & Son architectural firm. The church dissolved in 1970. The collection includes meeting minutes, committee reports, vital membership records, correspondence, and records relating to the church’s dissolution.
Dates:
1889-1970
Euclid, Ohio. Hope Congregational Church records, 1908-1960.
Collection
Identifier: RG5438
Abstract
The Nottingham Congregational Church was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1908. The Euclid Congregational Church was formed in Euclid, Ohio, in 1915. In 1960, two churches merged to form the Hope Congregational Church. In 1990, the Hope Congregational Church merged into the Faith United Church of Christ in Richmond Heights, Ohio. The collection includes a record book from the Nottingham Congregational Church, a scrapbook for the Euclid Congregational Church, a letter describing the decision to...
Dates:
1908-1960
Falmouth, Mass. First Congregational Church, records, 1731-1790.
Collection
Identifier: RG4930
Abstract
On October, 10, 1708, the First Congregational Church in Falmouth, was formally gathered and Josiah Metcalf was ordained as the church's first minister. The first meeting house was probably built between 1690 and 1700 and was replaced by the second meeting house in 1717. The third meeting house was constructed in 1750 and the fourth, and final, meeting house was constructed in 1796. In 1821, 77 members withdrew to form the East End Church in Hatchville and in 1833, 9 members withdrew to form...
Dates:
1731-1790
Feeding Hills, Agawam, Mass. Congregational Church of Christ records, 1819-1856.
Collection
Identifier: RG5369
Abstract
The Feeding Hills Congregational Church in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Massachusetts was first organized as the Sixth Congregational Church in Springfield on November 10, 1762. The church was reorganized as the Congregational Church of Christ in Feeding Hills in 1819. In 1855 the church reorganized as the Feeding Hills Congregational Church. This collection contains a single volume which includes meeting minutes and vital statistics.
Dates:
1819-1856
Fitchburg, Mass. Calvinistic Congregational Church records, 1805-2006.
Collection
Identifier: RG5368
Abstract
The Calvinistic Congregational Church of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was formally gathered as the Calvinistic Congregational Society on June 14, 1805. The first meeting house was built in 1806, the second in 1845, and the third, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 1897. The church joined the United Church of Christ in 1961. In 1967, the church joined with the First Methodist Church of Fitchburg to form the Faith United Parish. This collection documents the history and...
Dates:
1805-2006
Foxboro, Mass. Bethany Congregational Church records, 1779-1974.
Collection
Identifier: RG0078
Scope and Contents
Paper Records- Covenant; constitutions; certificate of incorporation; confession of faith (copy); ministerial correspondence, 1779-1970; annual reports, 1942-1964; church minutes, 1779-1953; letters of discipline, ca. 1800-1889; articles of faith; relations for communion, ca. 1763-1850; letters of dismissal, ca. 1800-1958; membership correspondence, 1875-1899; membership directories, 1867-1973 (gaps); library catalogue, 1865; baptisms, 1879-1914; pew assessments and pew plan; receipt books,...
Dates:
1779-1974
Franklin, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1737-1877.
Collection
Identifier: RG4842
Abstract
The Second Church of Wrentham, also known as the West Parish Church, was established in 1738. When the West Precinct of Wrentham separated from Wrentham and incorporated as Franklin in 1778, the West Parish Church was renamed the First Congregational Church of Franklin. Included within the collection are meeting minutes, committee reports, society records, and vital records.
Dates:
1737-1877