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That year, in 1818, this little Baptist flock began to build the first Protestant church in St. Louis, at Market and Third Streets, about two blocks from the Catholic Church (Old Cathedral). By 1827, former slave John Berry Meachum was pastor. Relocated at Cardinal and Bell.
Feb 10, 2021 · Many Protestant and Jewish congregations established themselves at one location and then moved west within the City of St. Louis or eventually into St. Louis County as their congregation members migrated. Protestant churches often used street names as part of the name of their church.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, University City, Missouri, was first organized in 1840 as the First Associate Reformed Church of St. Louis by a group of Scots Covenanters who believed that God’s grace is for everyone and were staunchly abolitionist.
I've published a document entitled "Early St. Louis Area Places of Worship" and gave a copy to both the St. Louis Public Library and the St. Louis County Library (Hdqtrs). It's about 80 pages long, with about 450 pre-1900 churches, synagogues, chapels, and missions identified.
- Origins
- Lutheran Churches in The U.S. and in St. Louis
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The origins of Protestant denominations are in the Reformation, which resulted in the formation of four main Protestant groups: 1. A Lutheran group 2. An Anglican group 3. A Reformed group 4. A Baptist/Anabaptist group. These groups differed by organization and baptism beliefs. Two of these groups predominated in the German states of the time: the ...
German immigrants who wished to remain separate and Lutheran established the Wisconsin and Missouri Synod Lutheran Churches—pure old-Lutheran groups following the Augsburg Convention. But the united Evangelical-Lutherans also immigrated to the U.S. and established Lutheran churches. Today, in St. Louis, we have Lutheran churches that are affiliated...
Concordia Seminary. The Lutheran Church Guide. St. Louis: Lutheran Church Guide Association, 1916. Diamond Jubilee of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1849–1924. St. Louis: privately printed, 1924. Jabker, Paul William. Holy Cross Lutheran Church: A Typical Lutheran Church in the Growth of St. Louis.St. Louis: privately printed, 1975. Lutheran Church–Mis...
Sep 28, 2023 · By 1835, Mass was held regularly for German Catholics at St. Louis University Chapel. By 1836, German missionaries arrived to organize Protestant congregations in St. Louis County. A large group of Saxon Lutherans arrived in 1839 and organized Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis: a Condensed History of the Catholic Church in Missouri and Saint Louis, Material Progress and General Resources and Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Citizens (St. Louis, Mo.: Western Watchman Pub. Co., 1924)
