Jonathan Edwards: A Theological Grandparent
Congregational settlers in colonial New England fled Europe in the 1600s seeking religious freedom....
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She became a “Pilgrim Circuit Rider”
In the 1920s a young high school teacher, born and raised on an Illinois farm, wanted to be a...
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James O’Kelly
Revolution was in the air. Between 1775 and 1783 colonial settlers in America fought a war that...
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Mahlon Van Horne
He was only 26 years old—born in Princeton, New Jersey, and educated at Lincoln University in...
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The First Woman Ordained in the Evangelical and Reformed Church
In 1945, she was only 22, but she had theological questions. She wanted to talk with educated...
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The Deaconess witness in the German Reformed Church
The deaconess movement, rooted in the early church, was a non-ordained ministry for women. In the...
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Roger Nathaniel Pohl
Roger was a very curious child filled with questions. He wanted to understand the world....
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John Williamson Nevin: A Man Unappreciated in His Time
In the early 1800s, revivals and camp meetings became very popular on the American frontier. During...
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Cultivating Conversation about Race, Gender and Class
She had two daughters. She loved the church, she knew education was important, and she was deeply...
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She Expanded our Awareness of Disabilities
What does it mean to be human? Throughout history people with physical and mental disabilities have...
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He Shared our Past and Shaped our Future
In 1962, the formation of the United Church of Christ was scarcely five years old when it gave...
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A Gospel with a Social Conscience
Some of the most memorable people in Church history are those who speak out, saying and doing...
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Deaconesses: Pioneer Professional Women
In March of 1889 a remarkable meeting was held at St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in St. Louis....
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The First Woman on the Eden Seminary Faculty
St. Louis’s Lafayette Square, now an affluent neighborhood of restored Victorian homes, was a...
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Jackie Robinson
In the early 1940s United States baseball was segregated--African Americans and whites played...
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She Named the Village “Uplands”
The American Missionary Association (AMA) is primarily remembered for it’s educational work...
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Florence Alden Partridge
She was always an advocate for women, even before many church people recognized the need to...
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When Female Preachers Flourished
Plunging through the icy waters of a New Hampshire river marked Harriet Livermore's final...
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They were not German Reformed or German Evangelicals
It was May 31, 1889 when news of a terrible flood interrupted a pastor who was writing his...
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Our Past Shapes the Present
Today historic relationships are being renewed. On May 4, 2017 the worshiping communities of...
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