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  1. Baptists are the largest Protestant grouping in the United States accounting for one-third of all American Protestants. Prior to 1845, most white Baptist churches were loosely affiliated as the Triennial Convention.

  2. History of Protestantism in the United States. The Early Puritans of New England Going to Church by George Henry Boughton (1867) Christianity was introduced with the first European settlers beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries.

  3. The Catholic Church in the United States began in the colonial era, but by the mid-1800s, most of the Spanish, French, and Mexican influences had demographically faded in importance, with Protestant Americans moving west and taking over many formerly Catholic regions.

  4. Mar 23, 2023 · This paper also discusses how St. David’s transformed from a small Welsh missionary community to a battleground of ideas during the Great Awakening. Overall, St. David’s is an important area...

  5. St. David’s was represented at the first General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States in 1784. The incorporation and charter of the church followed in August of 1792.

  6. Jun 28, 2017 · From Thomas Jefferson's cut-up Bible to the country's first printed hymnal, the Smithsonian's Religion in Early America exhibit wants to engage Americans with the role of religion in its first days.

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  8. Oct 27, 2017 · The largest share of Protestants around the world (roughly 20%) lived in the U.S., which was, during the colonial era, largely settled by Puritans and other Protestants from Europe. The share of Protestants among U.S. adults is in decline, falling from 51% in 2007 to 47% in 2014.