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== 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]<ref>[ | 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>[https://roots.moravianchurcharchives.org/ 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. | ||