Our navigation bar is loading . . .

 


 

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries

Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.  




 

JCSM's Top 1000 Christian Sites - Free Traffic Sharing Service!


Do you need volunteer, community service, work, military or court hours?

Click here and add this page to your favorites!

Return to the JCSM Study Center!

Encyclopedia Britannica



EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION

This article appears in Volume V09, Page 960 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: EUD-FAT
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION of North America, a religious denomination, founded about the beginning of the 19th century by Jacob
Albright
  (1959-1808), a German Lutheran of
Pennsylvania
 . About 1790 he began an itinerant mission among his fellow-countrymen, chiefly in
Pennsylvania
 ; and
meeting
  with considerable success, he was, at an assembly composed of adherents from the different places he had visited, elected in 1800 presiding elder or
chief
  pastor, and shortly afterwards rules of government were adopted somewhat- similar to those of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
 . The theological standards of the two bodies are also in close agreement. In 1807
Albright
  was appointed
bishop
  of the community, which adopted its present name in 1818. In 1816 the first annual conference was held, and in 1843 there was instituted a general conference, composed of delegates chosen by the annual conferences and constituting the highest legislative and judicial authority in the
church
 . The members of the general conference hold office for four years. In 1891 a
long
  internal controversy resulted in a division. A law-suit awarded the property to the branch making its head-quarters at Indianapolis, whereon the other party, numbering 40,000, that met at Philadelphia, constituted themselves the United Evangelical Church. The Association in 1906 had about 105,000 members, besides some 1o,000 in Germany and Switzerland, and has nearly 2000 churches and 1200 itinerant and other preachers. There are four bishops. It distributes much_ evangelical literature, and supports a mission in Japan.


End of Article: EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION


If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/EUD_FAT/EVANGELICAL_ASSOCIATION.html">
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION
</a>
(Previous)
EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE 		(Next)
EVANGELICAL CHURCH CONFERENCE

 


 
 


JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA  92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email

JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-2012.
 

 

Sponsored Advertisements

Online First Aid and CPR Certification  .  DHA Solutions  .  PB Happy Hour Specials  .  Improvising Made Easy For Guitar and Bass  .  The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained  .  Home Equity Loans  .  First Aid and CPR Online  .  San Diego Music Lessons  .  10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings  .  Blow Up Your Site (For Free!)  .  San Diego DUI Lawyers  .  Jason Gastrich  .  Jordan Faith Gastrich  .  Divorce Secrets Revealed  .  Post Your Ad Link Free  .  San Diego Soccer Training  .  JCSM  .  Download Sermons  .  Custom Religious Banners, Build A Sign  .  Christian Singles Dating  .  Christian T-Shirts  .  Healing Christian Prayer  .  Bumper Authority  .  Personalized Blogs and Email  .  San Diego Haircuts  .  The Do the Math Diet  .  Stop Twitter Spam  .  Christian Conservative Work at Home Network  .  The Website of the Lord