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  EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The United Brethren in Christ came into being as a result of the evangelistic preaching of Philip William Otterbein of the German Reformed Church and Martin Boehm, a Mennonite bishop.
The societies formed under Otterbein and Boehm took shape as a distinct ecclesiastical body, to be known as the United Brethren in Christ, at a conference in 1800, at which the two ministers were elected bishops.
Particular emphasis was laid on prayer, a life of devotion to Christ, and the responsibility of the individual.
www.bartleby.com /aol/65/ev/EvangUBC.html   (364 words)

  
 Mainsville United Brethren's Beliefs
As part of the United Brethren in Christ Church, Mainsville UB holds to the same values as that of the denomination.
The United Brethren church began with two very different men, Martin Boehm and William Otterbein, who realized that on the essentials of the faith, they were alike—that they were brothers in Christ.
Christ's presence in a Christian's life is demonstrated by a lifestyle of faithfulness and obedience to God.
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 Famous United Brethren
The United Brethren Church (officially the Church of the United Brethren in Christ) was first formed in 1767 by Martin Boehm and Philip William Otterbein.
In 1946, the larger United Brethren religious body merged with the Evangelical Church (previously known as the Evangelical Association) to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
The Church of the Brethren is not really directly related to the United Brethren, except by the similarity in their names.
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 Messiah United Methodist Church's History
In November 1946 the United Brethren in Christ denomination united with the Evangelical Church to become the Evangelical UJnited Brethren Church.
In 1968 the Evangelical United Brethren denomination merged with the Methodist Church to form the United Methodist Church.
The current Messiah United Methodist Church hopes to re-dig the wells of the revivals that flowed forth from the German Pietism of the United Brethren in Christ and the British Evangelicalism and sacra-mental life of Methodism.
www.emmitsburg.net /messiah/history.htm   (442 words)

  
 Church of the United Brethren in Christ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The larger group was known as the Church of the United Brethren in Christ or, later, The United Brethren Church (UB).
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Honduras
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Nicaragua
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 McDonough County, Illinois, United Brethren in Christ Church
United Brethren in Christ is the title of the church which, in the latter part of the last century, grew out of the religious awakening of Philip William Otterbein and a number of his friends.
For the purpose of uniting and establishing the believers in the new life a conference of the ministers was held in 1789, at Baltimore.
In 1800, the societies interested in the movement united and formed the "United Brethren in Christ," with Mr.
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 United Brethren Church
The Doctrine of the United Brethren in Christ
The Church of United Brethren in Christ continued to grow but changed very little until 1946 when it affiliated with the Evangelical Church and the name was changed to the Evangelical United Brethren Church and remained until the church was absorbed and became part of the United Methodist Church in 1968.
The present day Long Run United Brethren Church in Christ was built in 1908 and still stands on land sold to the church for $1.00 by H.C. (Homer) Michael, his wife Clara and C.W. Pigott, of whom G.R. Fortney, John N. Stiles, and Thomas Libscomb were trustees.
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 United Brethren in Christ - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST [United Brethren in Christ] see Evangelical United Brethren Church.
The "art" collecting activities of United Brethren in Christ missionaries in nineteenth century Sierra Leone.
Cultures, religions, and power: proclaiming Christ in the United States today.
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 Doctrinal Traditions in The Evangelical Church and The United Brethren Church (Page 2)
Among the United Brethren in Christ, a summary of normative teaching was formulated in 1813 by Christian Newcomer and Christopher Grosch, colleagues of Otterbein.
The first General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ (1815) adopted a slight revision of this earlier statement as the denomination's Confession of Faith.
The 1889 Confession was brought by the United Brethren into the union with the Evangelicals in 1946.
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 Brethren Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Moravians, Moravian Brethren, Unitas Fratrum or Unity of Brethren
Brethren in the new world were at first a loose knit confederation of settlements.
United Brethren leader Martin Boehm was the spiritual leader of this group until its congregation, principally of Mennonite background, began to withdraw from him because of his liberal views on baptism, and his relationships with non-Mennonite individuals.
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 Welcome to MichiganUB.com
MichiganUB is the "Net" presence of The Michgian Annual Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.
This aids the United Brethren Church in the USA in its vision to "flatten" the organizational structure and become more innovated and flexible through the use of a single National conference and small groups designed to equip ministerial staff through coaching.
The new network is an incorporated organization under the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA and is called Michigan Churches of the United Brethren in Christ.
www.michiganub.com   (407 words)

  
 The Confession of Faith of the Evangelical United Brethren Church
The Evangelical United Brethren Church was formed in 1946 by the merger of The Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Church.
We believe in Jesus Christ, truly God and truly man, in whom the divine and human natures are perfectly and inseparably united.
The offering Christ freely made on the cross is the perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, redeeming man from all sin, so that no other satisfaction is required.
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 The Spirit of Amistad in The United Methodist Church by Darrell Reeck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Back in the United States, the German-speaking Christians of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ were planning a missionary enterprise.
Finally--as a result of denominational mergers in 1946 (joining the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Church) and 1968 (uniting the Evangelical United Brethren Church and The Methodist Church)--the mission in Sierra Leone emerged as the Sierra Leone Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), part of the General Board of Global Ministries, has brought official disaster relief to the citizens of Sierra Leone, complementing the efforts of individual Christians and congregations.
gbgm-umc.org /umhistory/sierra-leone/amistad.html   (1027 words)

  
 Brethren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Brethren in Christ Church (or River Brethren) owe their origins to the combined labors of Reformed pastor Philip William Otterbein and Mennonite Martin Boehm, beginning in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the latter half of the 18th century.
The Moravian Brethren (also known as United Brethren or Unitas Fratum and Bohemian Brethren) descend from the followers of Jan Hus, a Czech reformer burned at the stake in 1415 and mainly Bohemian 15th century nobleman and theologian Peter Chelcicky.
The Social Brethren originated in Saline County, Illinois in 1867, the result of an attempt to put the slavery issue away in favor of uniting on a common belief in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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 Evangelical United Brethren Church - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Evangelical United Brethren Church Protestant denomination created (1946) by the union of the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ.
Leaving Anabaptism: From Evangelical Mennonite Brethren to Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches.
Despite their fundamental theological differences, church leaders have united to endorse the rally, so it's getting a much warmer Twin Cities reception than it has in the past.; Catholics, Lutherans, evangelicals form unlikely bond.(NEWS)
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-evangubc.html   (637 words)

  
 Evangelical United Brethren Church — FactMonster.com
United Brethren in Christ - United Brethren in Christ: see Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Philip William Otterbein - Otterbein, Philip William, 1726–1813, German-American clergyman, a founder of the United...
United Methodist Church - United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the...
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 UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST - Online Information article about UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
History of the Church of the United Brethren (1897), and his See also:
Shuey, Handbook of the United Brethren in Christ (1893) ; W.
Year-Book of the United Brethren in Christ (from 1867); and A.
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 United In Christ
We United Methodists are a pilgrim people on a journey of faith under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
In 1946, The Church of The United Brethren in Christ and The Evangelical Church came together to form The Evangelical United Brethren Church.
We are united in and through Christ with a great company of other Christians at home and around the world.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/united_methodist/42346   (412 words)

  
 Constitution of the United Brethren Church
The United Brethren Constitution was adopted in 1841.
All ecclesiastical power herein granted to make or repeal any rule of Discipline is vested in a national conference, which shall consist of active licensed ministers in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA, and lay people elected by the members of every congre-gation throughout the national conference.
The General Conference has authority to establish and participate in an international United Brethren church structure, and to edit Constitutional language to reflect the same.
www.ub.org /about/constitution.html   (372 words)

  
 Pleasant Valley U.B. Church
The mission of the Pleasant Valley United Brethren in Christ Church is to proclaim and live the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We are part of the Michigan Churches of the United Brethren in Christ and a cluster of churches and pastors locally.
The United States church body is one of seven national conferences in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ International.
web.triton.net /pleasantvalley   (156 words)

  
 United Brethren in Christ — Infoplease.com
Evangelical United Brethren Church - Evangelical United Brethren Church, Protestant denomination created (1946) by the union of the...
From religious outsiders to insiders: the rise and fall of pacifism in the Churches of Christ.
Recognizing the presence of Christ in the liturgical assembly.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/society/A0919922.html   (225 words)

  
 Evangelical United Brethren Church — Infoplease.com
Statement of the EKD (Evangelical Church in Germany) council on the final report of the Special Commission on Orthodox Participation......
Conversion and identity, the United Churches: origins, progress, relationships.(Sixth International Consultation of United and Uniting......
Another way to celebrate the millennium: a case for uniting with the United Church.
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 The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - Christian Cyclopedia
of the United Brethren in Christ formed in Frederick Co.
of the United Brethren in Christ lost its identity.
See also United Church of Christ, II A 2.
www.lcms.org /ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=U&word=UNITEDBRETHREN   (292 words)

  
 United Brethren In Christ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
United Brethren In Christ was an American religious sect which originated in the last part of the 18th century under the leadership of Philip William Otterbein (1726-1813), pastor of the Second Reformed Church in Baltimore, and Martin Boehm (1725-1812), a Pennsylvanian Mennonite of Swiss descent.
The first delegated general conference met at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, in 1815, and adopted a confession of faith, rules of order and a book of discipline, which were revised in 1885-1889, when women were first admitted to ordination, and when the Conservatives, protesting against the new constitution, withdrew and formed the body now commonly known.
See D. Berger, History of the Church of the United Brethren (1897), and his sketch (1894) in vol xii.
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 E U B - Evangelical United Brethren Church
The Evangelical United Brethren Church came into existence in 1946 through the merger of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Church.
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ arose in 1800 through the efforts of Philip Otterbein of the German Reformed Church, and Martin Boehm, a Mennonite bishop.
In 1968, the Evangelical United Brethren Church (numbering about 750,000 members in nearly 4,300 churches) finally joined with the Methodists to establish the United Methodist Church.
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 Township History - United Brethren in Christ Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
One of the first churches in Manheim Township was the United Brethren in Christ Church (shown here).
It was built in 1886 on the west side of Lititz Pike in Neffsville.
Other early churches in the township were the Buch Avenue Church of the Brethren, Grace Reformed in Eden, the Landis Mennonite Meetinghouse in Landis Valley, the Oregon Union Church and St. Peter’s Lutheran, Neffsville.
www.manheimtownship.org /edits/h13ubcchurch.htm   (94 words)

  
 Trophies of Grace? The "art" collecting activities of United Brethren in Christ missionaries in nineteenth ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
They were members of an evangelical protestant church, the United Brethren in Christ (UBC), based in rural communities in the East and Midwest of the United States.
This led the former in 1883 to transfer its remaining Sierra Leone missions to the United Brethren, together with a sum of money for their support.
The United Brethren were pioneers in setting up schools in the interior of Sierra Leone and their characteristically Midwestern combination of education with industrial training gave a practical edge to their evangelism that other Christian denominations found it difficult to match.
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