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The first churches established in [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] were the [[Dutch Reformed Church in the United States|Dutch Reformed]], [[Congregational Church in the United States|Congregational (Puritan)]], [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|Society of Friends (Quaker)]], and [[Lutheran Church in the United States|Lutheran]]. Church membership waned in the early 1700s, but revivals rekindled interest around 1740. By 1775 the largest denominations in [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] were the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|Society of Friends]], [[Dutch Reformed Church in the United States|Dutch Reformed]], [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], and [[Anglican Church in the United States|Anglican (Episcopal)]] churches. | The first churches established in [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] were the [[Dutch Reformed Church in the United States|Dutch Reformed]], [[Congregational Church in the United States|Congregational (Puritan)]], [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|Society of Friends (Quaker)]], and [[Lutheran Church in the United States|Lutheran]]. Church membership waned in the early 1700s, but revivals rekindled interest around 1740. By 1775 the largest denominations in [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] were the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|Society of Friends]], [[Dutch Reformed Church in the United States|Dutch Reformed]], [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], and [[Anglican Church in the United States|Anglican (Episcopal)]] churches. | ||
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In the mid-1800s, the [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]] church was the largest, followed by the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], Reformed, [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|Friends]], and [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]] churches. The [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]] Church has been the predominant faith since the beginning of the twentieth century, followed by the [[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], and [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]] faiths.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> | In the mid-1800s, the [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]] church was the largest, followed by the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], Reformed, [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|Friends]], and [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]] churches. The [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]] Church has been the predominant faith since the beginning of the twentieth century, followed by the [[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], and [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]] faiths.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> | ||