Evangelical and Reformed Church

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Christian denomination Protestant denomination defunct religious organization

The Evangelical and Reformed Church was a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States that combined German Reformed and Evangelical traditions and later became a key predecessor of the United Church of Christ.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Evangelical and Reformed Church canonical 5
German Reformed Church 3
Reformed Church in the United States 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Protestant denomination ⓘ
defunct religious organization ⓘ
clergyEducation seminary-trained clergy ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 1957 ⓘ
dateFounded 1934 ⓘ
emphasis church union ⓘ
ecumenism ⓘ
engagedIn mission work in the United States ⓘ
overseas missions ⓘ
formedByMergerOf German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Synod of North America

Evangelical and Reformed Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Reformed Church in the United States
governanceBody General Synod ⓘ
classes ⓘ
local congregations ⓘ
synods ⓘ
hasDoctrine Lutheran-influenced evangelical piety ⓘ
Reformed confessions ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution church-related colleges ⓘ
theological seminaries ⓘ
hasHeritage German Evangelical tradition ⓘ
German Reformed tradition ⓘ
hasPublication denominational periodicals ⓘ
hasSuccessorBody United Church of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical and Reformed Synod of the United Church of Christ
influenced United Church of Christ liturgy ⓘ
United Church of Christ polity ⓘ
United Church of Christ theology ⓘ
languageOfHeritage German ⓘ
mainClassification Mainline Protestant ⓘ
mergedInto United Church of Christ ⓘ
partOf Protestantism in the United States ⓘ
placeFounded Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
polity Presbyterian ⓘ
Synodal ⓘ
predecessorOf United Church of Christ ⓘ
primaryEthnicBase German-American ⓘ
Swiss-American ⓘ
regionOfActivity Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
theologicalTradition Evangelical ⓘ
Reformed ⓘ
worshipStyle Reformed ⓘ
liturgical ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Church of Christ → formedByMergerOf → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest → mergedInto → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
Reinhold Niebuhr → memberOf → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
Chicago Theological Seminary → historicalAffiliation → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
Pennsylvania frontier → religiousGroupPresent → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Reformed
Evangelical Association → historicalSuccessor → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelical Church
United Brethren in Christ → inspiredBy → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Reformed Church
Ursinus College → foundingAffiliation → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reformed Church in the United States
UCC → foundedByMergerOf → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
subject surface form: United Church of Christ
Evangelical and Reformed Church → formedByMergerOf → Evangelical and Reformed Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reformed Church in the United States
Zacharias Baer → partOf → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Zacharias Ursinus
this entity surface form: German Reformed Church
James Isaac Good → denomination → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reformed Church in the United States
Tohoku Gakuin University → foundingReligiousTradition → Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Reformed Church