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*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"/> | *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 | * 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 took action to give women an equal voice in church management. <ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/> | ||
====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] Alexander Campbell was the founder of the Disciples of Christ Church.<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/> | ||
====East Orthodox==== | ====East Orthodox==== | ||
* Many people from Greece landed in New York, some stayed there yet others went farther west into Ohio. Many Greeks are of the Eastern Orthodox Faith. The Greek Community rented various halls for their Church services with visiting priests from New York and other eastern cities would come to perform church services and celebrate Mass with them. The largest concentrations of Greeks were in the industrial centers of the state, such as Cleveland, Toledo, Youngstown, Canton, Akron and Columbus. | |||
The first permanent priests who came to these Ohio communities had also migrated from Greece. They were the missionaries of the Greek Church in America. They were delegated with the double duty of teaching religion and perpetuating the Greek language.<ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/> | |||
====Protestant Episcopal==== | ====Protestant Episcopal==== | ||
*The Rev. Joseph Doddridge, a visiting minister, made trips across the river to Ohio from what is now West Virginia, to the village that was at the site of the old Fort Steuben. In 1796 he was holding regular monthly meetings there and was ordained a priest in 1800. The parish was organized in Steubenville, in 1819. <ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/> | |||
====Evangelical Lutheran==== | ====Evangelical Lutheran==== | ||
*[http://surnamearchive.com/document/stjacob.htm St. Jacob' s Evangelical Lutheran Church] | *[http://surnamearchive.com/document/stjacob.htm St. Jacob' s Evangelical Lutheran Church] | ||
====Evangelical Mennonite==== | ====Evangelical Mennonite==== | ||
*Mennonites had migrated to the United States and Canada in search for religious freedom. The actual founding of the movement was originally spearheaded by a body of Zwinglian dissenters in Zurich, Switzerland. Jacob Rupp of Archbold, 0. and later Abraham Steiner of Bluffton, 0. became leaders of Evangelical Mennonite Church in Ohio. This movement began in the years 1864-66. <ref name="Churches in the Buckeye Country"/> | |||
====Evangelical United Brethren==== | ====Evangelical United Brethren==== | ||
====Evangelical and Reformed==== | ====Evangelical and Reformed==== | ||