Christ Church, United Church of Christ, Detroit, Michigan records, 1886-1966.

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Christ Church, United Church of Christ, Detroit, Michigan records, 1886-1966.

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Church government documents; record books of marriages, baptisms, and funerals; and consistory minutes.

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Christ Church (Detroit, Mich. : United Church of Christ)

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Christ Church was organized on the west side of Detroit in 1886, and was originally called Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church. This new congregation was formed by a group of people who split from the Lutheran Church at Ash and 23rd Street. After holding services in a Michigan Avenue store, the new congregation built a sanctuary located at the corner of Roosevelt and Myrtle. The first members of the church were ethnic Germans from East Prussia, and in fact records were kept in German until as lat...