Churches of Ohio: Difference between revisions

*[http://www.digitalshoebox.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/steubenbks&CISOPTR=18697&REC=0&CISOBOX=amish&CISOSHOW=18769 Advent Christian] was organized by the Rev. Horace L. Hastings and the Rev.Miles Grant.  

*[ttp://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2092 Seventh-day Adventist] was originally called the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2092 Millerites] after their founder William Miller, the name was later changed to [http://www.digitalshoebox.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/steubenbks&CISOPTR=18697&REC=0&CISOBOX=amish&CISOSHOW=18769 Seventh-day Adventist] in 1848.  

*In the 1700's Ohio, there were several orders of the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=573&nm=Amish Amish] faith found in Ohio. They are the Old Order, New Order, Swartzentruber, Beachy, Andy Weaver, and the conservative Mennonites and the Amish Mennonites. Most of the orders hold church services in their homes. The Mennonites usually have service in church buildings. In the 1700's between 50 and 100 Amish families arrived in America, settling mostly in Pennsylvania. Many others followed in the 19th century. Over the years, various orders of Amish spread into Ohio. <ref>[http://www.ohioamishcountry.com/whoare.html Who are the Amish?]</ref>  

*In 1905 [http://www.ag.org/enrichmentjournal/199904/006_facts.cfm T. K. Leonard], a pastor in Findlay, received the Pentecostal message and the experience, and became a pioneer for the movement in Ohio.<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/>

*"In January of 1790 in a block house near what is now Cincinnati, nine earnest men and women organized this church. The land was given by one Major Sites and he united with the church the next day after the gift.The Rev. John Gano was the first pastor to be followed later by the [http://www.columbia-baptist.org/original.shtml Rev. John Smith].The church was called the [http://www.geocities.com/baptist_documents/columbia-hist.html Columbia Church]."<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/>

*In 1789, a very small group from Westerly, R. I., settled at Marietta, Ohio; and in 1806 another small group settled in Mahoning County, Ohio.<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/>

*The beginnings of the Brethren In Christ Church point back to Upper Switzerland, and to various scattered groups of earnest sincere Christians in Europe, who began to state their spiritual convictions courageously, from the time of the Reformation. Among these groups were the Waldensians, Moravians, Anabaptists, Mennonites and Pietists.<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/>