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====Baptist==== | ====Baptist==== | ||
*"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 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"/> | ||
====Seventh Day Baptist==== | ====Seventh Day Baptist==== | ||
*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"/> | |||
====Campbellites==== | ====Campbellites==== | ||
*[http://www.oll.state.oh.us/your_state/remarkable_ohio/marker_details.cfm?marker_id=1094 Campbellites], or Disciples of Christ, founded in the 1820s by Thomas and Alexander Campbell. | *[http://www.oll.state.oh.us/your_state/remarkable_ohio/marker_details.cfm?marker_id=1094 Campbellites], or Disciples of Christ, founded in the 1820s by Thomas and Alexander Campbell. | ||
*[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=577 History of the Campbellites] | *[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=577 History of the Campbellites] | ||
====Brethren in Christ==== | |||
*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"/> | |||
*[http://www.cob-net.org/genchurch.htm Church of the Brethren] Network of Genealogy & History resources. | |||
====Christian Union ==== | |||
* Christian Union was officially organized on the third day of February 3, 1864, in Columbus, Ohio. Rev. J. F. Given,The publisher of the Christian Union Witness, Rev. J. F. Given and Dr. J. V. B. Flack of Illinois, were two of the most influential men of the Christian Union movement..<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/> | |||
====Church of Christ, Scientist==== | ====Church of Christ, Scientist==== | ||
*As far as can be determined, Christian Science was first introduced in Ohio in 1885 when Gen. Erastus N. Bates came to Cleveland and set up an office in the downtown business section to practice Christian healing. Gen. Bates had been a prisoner in Libby Prison during the war between the states. Here he contracted a disease from which he was subsequently healed by the reading of the Christian Science Textbook, ''"Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"'' by Mary Baker Eddy.<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/> | |||
====Congregational Christian==== | ====Congregational Christian==== | ||
*In 1796 the First Congregational Church in the Territory was organized in Marietta on a community basis, welcoming all denominations into membership. Daniel Story was the minister, and Mrs. Mary Bird Lake opened the first Sunday School.<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/> | |||
====Community Churches==== | ====Community Churches==== | ||
* Central Community Church of Columbus was organized in the Old Canal Hotel on February 6, 1843. On December 17 1843 the congregation was please to announce the dedication of a new church building. The congregation to action to give women an equal vioce in church management. | |||
====Disciples of Christ==== | ====Disciples of Christ==== | ||
*Also known as the [http://www.oll.state.oh.us/your_state/remarkable_ohio/marker_details.cfm?marker_id=1094 Campbellites] | *Also known as the [http://www.oll.state.oh.us/your_state/remarkable_ohio/marker_details.cfm?marker_id=1094 Campbellites] | ||
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====East Orthodox==== | ====East Orthodox==== | ||
====Protestant Episcopal==== | ====Protestant Episcopal==== | ||
====Evangelical Lutheran==== | |||
*[http://surnamearchive.com/document/stjacob.htm St. Jacob' s Evangelical Lutheran Church] | |||
====Evangelical Mennonite==== | ====Evangelical Mennonite==== | ||
====Evangelical United Brethren==== | ====Evangelical United Brethren==== | ||
====Evangelical and Reformed==== | ====Evangelical and Reformed==== | ||
====Friends==== | ====Friends==== | ||
The [http://www.earlham.edu/~libr/content/friends/obituaries/index.html American Friend Obituary Index] The American Friend, published between 1894 and 1960. Information might include, maiden names of women, parents, survivors, dates and places of birth and marriage, meeting affiliation, and previous residences. | *The [http://www.earlham.edu/~libr/content/friends/obituaries/index.html American Friend Obituary Index] The American Friend, published between 1894 and 1960. Information might include, maiden names of women, parents, survivors, dates and places of birth and marriage, meeting affiliation, and previous residences. | ||
====Churches of God==== | ====Churches of God==== | ||