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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ||
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[[Pennsylvania]] was founded as a place of refuge and religious freedom for many diverse groups from Great Britain and Europe. Important religious groups in colonial Pennsylvania were the [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|Society of Friends (Quakers)]], the German [[Lutheran Church in the United States|Lutheran]], German Reformed, [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]], [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], and [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]] churches, and the German Pietist groups, including the Brethren (Dunkard), [[Mennonite Church in the United States|Mennonites]], and [[Moravian Church in the United States|Moravians]]. [http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/US/Pennsylvania.pdf Before 1900 the major religious groups in Pennsylvania were the ][[Lutheran Church in the United States|Lutheran]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], Reformed, [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]], and [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]] churches. | [[Pennsylvania]] was founded as a place of refuge and religious freedom for many diverse groups from Great Britain and Europe. Important religious groups in colonial Pennsylvania were the [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|Society of Friends (Quakers)]], the German [[Lutheran Church in the United States|Lutheran]], German Reformed, [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]], [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], and [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]] churches, and the German Pietist groups, including the Brethren (Dunkard), [[Mennonite Church in the United States|Mennonites]], and [[Moravian Church in the United States|Moravians]]. [http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/US/Pennsylvania.pdf Before 1900 the major religious groups in Pennsylvania were the ][[Lutheran Church in the United States|Lutheran]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], Reformed, [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]], and [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]] churches. | ||
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=== Baptist === | === Baptist === | ||
[[Image:Pennsylvania churches.png|thumb|right|400px | [[Image:Pennsylvania churches.png|thumb|right|400px]] [http://www.abhsarchives.org/ American Baptist Historical Society]<br>3001 Mercer University Dr<br>Atlanta, GA 30341<br>Telephone: (678) 547-6680 | ||
=== Mormons === | === Mormons === | ||