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''[[United States|United States]] > [[Ohio|Ohio]] > Churches of Ohio'' | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[Ohio|Ohio]] > Churches of Ohio'' | ||
==Religion in Ohio== | ==Religion in Ohio== | ||
Religion has always been important to people of Ohio. Beginning with the native inhabitant’s religious activities that are evident by the earthworks that they left behind. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravian_Church Moravian missionaries] are thought to be among the first whites that sought to bring Christianity to the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=584 Delaware Indians]. | Religion has always been important to people of Ohio. Beginning with the native inhabitant’s religious activities that are evident by the earthworks that they left behind. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravian_Church Moravian missionaries]<ref>[http://www.enter.net/~smschlack/ Moravian Church Genealogy Links]</ref> are thought to be among the first whites that sought to bring Christianity to the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=584 Delaware Indians]. | ||
[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maggieoh/mohcoun1.html Pioneers] that had suffered hardships of the frontier life went to church which provided them with a stabilizing foundation. Settlers were fired with religious zeal as they moved into the Ohio area and they quickly established churches. | [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maggieoh/mohcoun1.html Pioneers] that had suffered hardships of the frontier life went to church which provided them with a stabilizing foundation. Settlers were fired with religious zeal as they moved into the Ohio area and they quickly established churches. | ||
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From the late eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century, Ohio’s religious community boomed. Ohio became home to the Shakers, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Campbellites, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and eventually included every major Christian faith. During the twentieth century, numerous non-Christian denominations were established in the state making Ohio a home to many different religious beliefs.<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country">"''Churches in the Buckeye Country"''; A History of Ohio's Religious Groups Published In Commemoration Of The State's Sesquicentennial By The Religious Participation Committee Of The Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission An Inter-Faith Group, 1953; [http://www.digitalshoebox.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/steubenbks&CISOPTR=18697&REC=0&CISOBOX=amish&CISOSHOW=18769 Digital Book] </ref> | From the late eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century, Ohio’s religious community boomed. Ohio became home to the Shakers, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Campbellites, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and eventually included every major Christian faith. During the twentieth century, numerous non-Christian denominations were established in the state making Ohio a home to many different religious beliefs.<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country">"''Churches in the Buckeye Country"''; A History of Ohio's Religious Groups Published In Commemoration Of The State's Sesquicentennial By The Religious Participation Committee Of The Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission An Inter-Faith Group, 1953; [http://www.digitalshoebox.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/steubenbks&CISOPTR=18697&REC=0&CISOBOX=amish&CISOSHOW=18769 Digital Book] </ref> | ||
Denominational histories for groups such as the Church of the Brethren, Evangelical, LDS (1830 to 1838), Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Moravian, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under OHIO - CHURCH HISTORY and OHIO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CHURCH HISTORY. | Denominational histories for groups such as the Church of the Brethren, Evangelical, LDS (1830 to 1838), Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Moravian, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under OHIO - CHURCH HISTORY and OHIO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CHURCH HISTORY. | ||
==Ohio's Church History== | ==Ohio's Church History== | ||