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Photograph of church members of the
Matherton United Brethren Church, Matherton, Ionia County, Michigan ca. 1900
... from the G. D. Fleming Collection
Index of
Individuals
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This work is primarily composed of short biographies of individuals connected
with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (1800-1889), the Church of the United
Brethren in Christ, Old Constitution (1889-) and its associated institutions. It is a
product of the United Brethren Historical Center and the Historical Methods class of
Huntington University. |
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United Brethren movement was begun in 1767 by Martin Boehm and Philip William Otterbein.
It began as a society of individuals preaching salvation to the German American population
of the mid-Atlantic states. By 1800 the movement had grown to such a point that a
denomination was formed to bring order and discipline to its members. Further growth
occurred among both the German and English speaking populations until in the 1850s the
denomination included over 200,000 members. In 1889 a split occurred forming the New
Constitution and Old Constitution branches. The New Constitution church merged with the
Evangelical Church in 1946 and with the Methodist church in 1968. The Old Constitution
branch still continues today. |
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