New York City Congregational Church Association ecclesiastical council minutes 1868-1954

New York and Brooklyn Association of Congregational Churches.

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Formed in 1846, the New-York and Brooklyn Association of Congregational Churches sought to connect Congregational ministers of the two cities and coordinate ecclesiastical councils. Ecclesiastical councils, composed of ministers from member churches, were formal meetings held to create new churches as well as ordane, appoint, and remove ministers. Manhattan-based ministers separated from the organization in the 1870s following the Henry Ward Beecher scandal, forming the Manhattan Co...

Elm Place Congregational Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The Elm Place Congregational Church was organized in 1853 and located at Elm Place near Fulton Street in Brooklyn. The church merged with the State Street Congregational Church in 1874 to form the Union Congregational Church. From the guide to the Elm Place Congregational Church records, 1864 to circa 1940, (Brooklyn Historical Society) Elm Place Church, organized in 1853, merged with the State Street Congregational Church in 1874 to form the Union Congregational Church. ...

Manhattan Congregational Association.

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Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Brooklyn's Plymouth Church was founded in the Congregationalist tradition in 1847 in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights. Its first building was erected on Cranberry Street between Hicks and Henry Streets in that same year. The Church's first pastor, the charismatic orator Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), quickly catapulted the church to a position of national prominence and regularly filled the pews to overflowing. When the church's building was destroyed by fire in 1849, a new red...

New York City Congregational Church Association.

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Formed in 1846, the New-York and Brooklyn Association of Congregational Churches sought to connect Congregational ministers of the two cities and coordinate ecclesiastical councils. Ecclesiastical councils, composed of ministers from member churches, were formal meetings held to create new churches as well as ordane, appoint, and remove ministers. Manhattan-based ministers separated from the organization in the 1870s following the Henry Ward Beecher scandal, forming the Manhattan Co...

Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church was organized in 1875 and originally met in a schoolhouse on Tompkins Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y. As the membership increased, a larger building on Park Avenue was used to hold services. In 1888, the church's chapel was erected at Tompkins Avenue and McDonough Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church boasted a particularly large membership during its first 40 years--for instance, over 3,000 members wer...

United Congregational Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

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The practice of Congregationalism in the United States began in the 17th century when Pilgrim settlers from England founded the Plymouth Colony in the southeastern portion of modern-day Massachusetts. Congregationalism slowly spread to New York as the Pilgrims migrated. Church of the Pilgrims, located in Brooklyn Heights, was the first Congregational church established in the city of Brooklyn in 1844. The neighboring Plymouth Church was founded in 1847, and was home to the famed Rev...

Clinton Avenue Congregational Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The practice of Congregationalism in the United States began in the 17th century when Pilgrim settlers from England founded the Plymouth Colony in the southeastern portion of modern-day Massachusetts. Congregationalism slowly spread to New York as the Pilgrims migrated. Church of the Pilgrims, located in Brooklyn Heights, was the first Congregational church established in the city of Brooklyn in 1844. The neighboring Plymouth Church was founded in 1847, and was home to the famed Rev...

Plymouth Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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1844 Church of the Pilgrims established 1847 Plymouth Church established; Henry Ward Beecher installed as pastor 1849 Fire destroys Plymouth Church (January) 1850 New church completed (June) ...