Church and social problems.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the efforts of the church to deal with social problems. Works on the sociology of Christian denominations and general Christian social theory are entered under [Christian sociology.]
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Acton, Mass. South Acton Congregational Church records, 1877-2024.
Collection
Identifier: RG5537
Abstract
The South Acton Congregational Church in South Acton, MA began in 1876 as a chapel society founded by the Middlesex Union Conference of Congregational Churches and the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society. In 1877, a Sunday school was started with the Ladies Social Circle following in 1879. In 1891, the church voted to build a house of worship which was completed in 1893 along with the corporation of the South Acton Congregational Church. The church had various periods of renovations and...
Dates:
1877-2024
Community Renewal Society records, 1881-1978.
Collection
Identifier: RG5061
Abstract
Incorporated on December 31, 1882, the Chicago City Missionary Society (CCMS) was created to promote religion and morality through Congregational Churches in Chicago and its vicinity. The Society was established to tackle questions surrounding the influx of European immigrants to Chicago in the late 19th century. The Community Renewal Society records document the history of the organization, originally known as the Chicago City Missionary Society, including management, finances, mission...
Dates:
1881-1978
Metropolitan Association New York Conference United Church of Christ records, 1850-2025
Collection
Identifier: RG5590
Abstract
The Metropolitan Association of the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ formed from the renaming of the New York City Congregational Church Association in 1963. The latter formed from the merger of the Congregational Church Extension Society of New York City and Brooklyn, which began 1892 to support and establish NYC churches, and the New York City Congregational Church Association, which succeeded the Manhattan-Brooklyn Conference in 1910. The Metropolitan Association and its...
Dates:
1850-2025
The Congregationalists in the War surveys, 1919.
Collection
Identifier: RG5026
Abstract
An unknown congregationalist organization sent out surveys to many of the congregational churches across the contiguous 48 states to record levels of patriotism post-World War I. These surveys contain details of congregational church participation and support of the American war efforts, and what their post war transition looked like.
Dates:
1919