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Creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.), and United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1708/1833 Contributing Institution: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of expenditures by Christ Church and the United Episcopal Churches, from 1708 through 1833. Expenses noted include: firewood and candles; wine and bread for communion; supplies and workmen for building repairs and upkeep of the burial grounds; charitable assistance to the poor; and salaries for church employees such as the minister, sexton, organist, and Sunday school superintendent. View Full Item at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Bathurst (Gambia River) - End of the Sunday office." It shows African people in fancy Western dress milling about outside a large cathedral-style church. The postcard was mailed from Sierra Leone to Miss A. Davis, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. JPG file (76 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "No. 24. - A Teacher's Wedding in Toro: The Party coming out of Church. The Bridegroom in the centre (in white hat) with his Bride." JPG file (139 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Togo - Einweihung der Kapelle in Ho." The back is labeled "Verlag der Kathol. Mission, Lome, No. 257." JPG file (155 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "No. 19 - Stamping the Clay and Building a new Church in Toro. Compare the Brick-making and Task Master in the Egyptians Monuments." There is a handwritten message in English on the back and the postcard postmarked 1947. JPG file (176 KB) -
Creator: Barili, Lorenzo, 1801-1875 Date: 1857 Contributing Institution: Fordham University Libraries Description: Digitized with a Digital Conversion Grant awarded by the Metropolitan New York Library Council-METRO View Full Item at Fordham University Libraries -
Date: 1938~ Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard has a printed caption "All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi." The back is labeled "Published by the Newman Art Publishing CO, Capetown. Copyright." The postcard is postmarked 1938. JPG file (145 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Christ Church - Lagos." JPG file (108 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Stone church with two steeples - perspective view from right corner. Printed caption "Asbury-Delaware Methodist Church, Delaware Ave. at Tupper St., Buffalo welcomes thousands of guests each year. Its noble spire (202 ft.) is a landmark in the City’s Hotel area. Methodist by tradition, the Church ministers to all peoples, Sunday services 10:45 am and 7:30 pm feature exceptional music and strong inspiring preaching -“A warm and friendly church” you’ll enjoy. Dean E, Richardson is the minister." Color photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. JPG file (134 KB) -
Date: 1928~ Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Mission Church at Quibocole." The back is labeled "Issued in connection with the Congo Jubilee Exhibition of the Baptist Missionary Society., 1928." JPG file (148 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Tinted Postcard has a printed caption "Kirche der Basler Mission in Duala-Bonaduma Kamerun" on the front. Published by the Basler Missionsbuchhandlung in Basel, the postcard shows a group of people informally gathered around a small church with a steeple. JPG file (111 KB) -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: Exterior of Big Bethel AME church in Atlanta, Georgia. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Modern church with tall tower - front view. Printed caption "ONC C-7 Boston Ave Methodist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma. This church was the first effort in the world to build on a cathedral scale modernistic conceptions of architecture. Acknowledged as one of the five most beautiful churches in the United States." Color photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. JPG file (127 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Stone church with round towers and cupola - perspective view from left corner. Handwritten message on back. Postmarked Jan 23 1930. Black and white photograph. JPG file (163 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Native Church, Nairobi, Kenya Colony." JPG filed (142 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a handwritten comment on the back:"English Church - will eventually be the Church Hall when Church Proper is built." Postcard published by "Photo-Centrale, Inh., Ottmar Spaeth, Windhoek, Postfach 299 S.W. Afrika." JPG file (110 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Brick church with four white columns. Front view. Black and white photograph. White border period, 1915-1930. JPG file (122 KB) -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1804/1837 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: This bound manuscript holds three main groups of records, which are not in chronological order. First, sexton's records of burials from 1826 to 1832, including the date, person buried, and fees paid. Second, records of the sexton's expenditures dating from 1818 to 1837, including purchases of wood and oil and money paid for groundskeeping and building maintenance. Third, more records of burials in Second Presbyterian's graveyard from 1804 to 1838, including date of burial, name of deceased, fees paid and age at time of death. Note: Researchers interested in the burials of African-Americans can search the transcription of this volume for the terms "colored" and "coloured." View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Date: 1965/1975 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: C. Eric Lincoln stands in front of the chapel at Duke University. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: C. Eric Lincoln stands by the front door of the chapel at Duke University. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: C. Eric Lincoln stands in front of the chapel at Duke University. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: C. Eric Lincoln stands in front of the chapel at Duke University. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: C. Eric Lincoln stands in front of the chapel at Duke University. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: Exterior of C. H. Mason Hall View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: Exterior of C. H. Mason's COGIC Church in Lexington, Mississippi. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: Exterior of C. H. Mason's COGIC Church in Lexington, Mississippi. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: Exterior of C. H. Mason's COGIC Church in Lexington, Mississippi. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1975/1985 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: Cornerstone of C. H. Mason's COGIC church. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Entebbe Church, C.M.S. Uganda." JPG file (108 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: White wood church - perspective view from left corner. Printed caption "Calvary Methodist Church, Rhodes Point, Smith Island, Maryland. Each of the three communities on Smith Island – Rhodes point, Ewell, and Tylerton – has its own church building serving as the center of community life." Color photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. JPG file (167 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Mombasa. English Cathedral and surroundings." JPG file (171 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "26 - Elisabethville, La Cathedrale - Photo Seydel." JPG file (83 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "No. 140 - The Cathedral, Mombasa." The back is labeled "C.D. Patel and Sons, Photographers. P.O. Box 123 Mombasa. Postcard manufactured in Britain. JPG file (93 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "The Cathedral of the Highlands, Nairobi - No 29." JPG file (126 KB) -
Date: 1909~ Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Dodoma." The back is labeled "C.M.S. Bookshop." There is a handwritten message in English. JPG file (120 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard shows a large brick church with square bell tower. Handwritten caption on back "Cathedrale de'Eville." JPG file (100 KB) -
Date: 1961~ Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Lushoto T.T. - Roman Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament - 1340." There is a handwritten message on the back that begins "This is where we went to Mass last Sunday. The entire congregation (all African apart from us) sang Mass- and did it very well too. We have been riding, fishing and golfing – with varying degrees of success." JPG file (117 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Catholic Church, Nairobi. British East Africa. It shows a large church with a steeple and adjacent buildings in a rural setting. JPG file (76 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Two small churches along a rural road - perspective view from right corner. Printed caption "Catholic and Methodist Churches, at Haines Falls, Catskill Mountains, N.Y." Tinted photograph. Linen period, 1930-1944. JPG file (114 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard has a printed caption "Togo Lome La Cathedral du Sacre-Coeur." A street scene with people and cars surrounds a large church with two towers. JPG file (160 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "De Kerk van Bokuma." From a set of labeled "Apostolische Prefectuur van Coquilhatstad Belgisch Congo - Missionarissen van het H. Hart Borgerhout (Antwerpen) Reeks B." JPG file (153 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "De Kerk van Coquilhatstad." From a set of labeled "Apostolische Prefectuur van Coquilhatstad Belgisch Congo - Missionarissen van het H. Hart Borgerhout (Antwerpen) Reeks B." JPG file (91 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Eglise de Kisantu. Kisantu; Kerkje. Mission des RR. PP. Jesuites au Kwango. Kwango-Missie der EE.PP. Jezuieten in Kongo." From a set of titled "Mission de la Compagnie de Jesus au Kwango (Congo-Belge) - Kwango-Missie van het Gezelschap van Jezus in Belgisch-Kongo" JPG file (207 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Catholic Church, Mombasa. Series No. HSM 4." JPG file (91 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Katholische Kirche in Lome." It shows a large cathedral-style church edifice. The back is labeled "Verlag der Kathol. Mission in Lome." JPG file (138 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Entebbe - Uganda - Roman Catholic Mission." The back is labeled "Edition: 'Africa in Pictures.'" JPG file (98 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Red brick church with white columns. Printed caption "Centenary Methodist Church in Lynchburg, Va. One of the many fine churches in this area." Color photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. JPG file (172 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Gray church with red roof and two pointed towers - front view. Printed caption "This structure, the third since the Methodists organized here in 1802, was dedicated October 22, 1905." Color photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. JPG file (140 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Red brick church with pointed tower on left - perspective view from left corner. Tinted photograph. Divided back period, 1907-1914. JPG file (156 KB) -
Creator: Byrne, P. J. Date: 1918 Contributing Institution: Marian University Description: Digitized as part of the PALNI Collaboratively Preserving Rare Scholarship in Religiously Affiliated Libraries LSTA grant project. View Full Item at Marian University -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Stucco church - perspective view from right corner. Color photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. JPG file (128 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Night view of church - front view. Printed caption "Central Methodist Church was organized more than one hundred years ago and may be considered the result of the work of Bishop Asbury, pioneer preacher and organizer of the Methodist Church in Western North Carolina. Beginning with a small frame structure in 1837, the present modern plant is the third building to be erected on the original location in downtown Ashville. With a membership of more than 2,000, Central church in North Carolina." Tinted photograph. Linen period, 1930-1944. JPG file (161 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Red brick church with corner tower. Handwritten message on back. Postmarked Jul 16 1945. Tinted photograph with white border. Linen period, 1930-1944. JPG file (163 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Red brick church with pointed tower -- perspective view from right corner. Tinted photograph. JPG file (137 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Brick church with pointed steeple - perspective view from right corner. Tinted photograph. JPG file (154 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard is labeled on the back "Mpala (Opper-Congo), Mpala (Haut-Congo) - Anaspraak van Z.D. Mgr. Huys, Allocution de sa Grandeur Mgr. Huys. -Postulaten des Zusters Missionarissen van O.L.V van Afrika (witte Zusters) herent (Br) – Thielt (W. Oi.) -Postulats des soeurs Missionaries de N.D. d’Afrique, (Soeurs Blanches) herent (Br.) Theilt (Fl. Oc.)." JPG file (150 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Gray stucco church with corner tower - perspective view from right corner. Printed caption "Christ Methodist Church,, located on First Ave N at 5th St. Saint Petersburg, Built in 1952 – seats about 1800 and is air-conditioned." Tinted photograph. Linen finish. Handwritten message on back. Postmarked Feb 20 1958. JPG file (143 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Log church in rural area - perspective view from right corner. Color photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. Printed caption "A new mission to the Blackfeet Indians, founded in 1960 and built by volunteer labor form the youth camps and the men of the community. 148 youths and 38 adults worked a total of 14,800 hours. Worship is at 9:00 am each Sunday." Color photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. JPG file (123 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Rustic stone church with red door - front view. Printed caption "Christ United Methodist Church - Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts - Dedicated July 20, 1924." Color photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. JPG file (181 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Church of Christ building exterior in Brownfield, TX. "Brownfield TX '48" - As noted on photograph. JPG (52 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Church of Christ building exterior in Friendship, TN. JPG (57 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Church of Christ building exterior in Gainesville, FL. JPG (78 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author. Brannon, Raymond, Photographer and Church of Christ Building Exterior, 1950. JPG (492 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Church of Christ building exterior in Mongomery, AL 1941. JPG (62 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Church of Christ building exterior in Pocatello, ID. JPG (64 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Congregation of Pocatello, ID 1941. JPG (87 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Church of Christ building exterior with church members. JPG (80 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: Church of Christ Building Exterior in Thornton, CO. JPG (300 KB) and O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author. Welch, Jack, Photographer -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Church of Christ building exterior in Wichita, KS. JPG (169 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Church of Christ building exterior in Wytheville, VA. JPG (127 KB) -
Creator: Perry, Blanche Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Baptistery painting behind pulpit and communion table. Painted in 1937; No 1. JPG (78 KB) -
Creator: Perry, Blanche Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Baptistery painting centered in alcove and above the Baptistery pool. "Albuquerque N. Mex '47 Bro. Gulley Minister Hillcrest Church of Christ" - As noted on photograph. Painted 1947. JPG (90 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author. Welch, Jack, Photographer and Baptistery and painting behind pulpit before pews. JPG (298 KB) -
Creator: Perry, Blanche Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Baptistery painting during worship service. JPG (140 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Baptistery and painting behind pulpit before pews. JPG (333 KB) -
Creator: Perry, Blanche Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Baptistery painting centered above the baptistery. Painted July 1941; No 20. JPG (101 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Hand tinted photograph with the baptistery elevated above the pulpit. JPG (207 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: Baptistery painting above baptistery to the left of the pulpit. JPG (213 KB) and O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author -
Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: Baptistery and painting behind pulpit before pews. JPG (294 KB) and O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author. Welch, Jack, Photographer -
Creator: Perry, Blanche Contributing Institution: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Description: O'Connor, Robert, Digitizer and Metadata Author and Baptistery painting centered behind the pulpit and communion table with elements 1944. "Yuma, Ariz Jordan River" - As noted on photograph. JPG (44 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Brick church with tower - perspective view from left corner. Tinted photograph. Linen period, 1930-1944. JPG file (130 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Colonial Church Lagos." JPG file (57 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Tinted drawn Postcard has a printed caption "Church made of palm leaves, Uganda. - 'And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring. - John 10:16.'" There is a handwritten message in English on the back that says "You are cordially invited to attend a reception given at the home of Mrs. J. C. Terhune, Tuesday Oct. 25 at 2:30 P.M. Given by the Womans Foreign Missionary Society of the M.E. Church South." Postcard is postmarked Savannah, 1910. JPG file (201 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "No. 28. Church of England, Dar-es-Salaam" and shows an large, elaborate church edifice. JPG file (106 KB) -
Creator: Richen, J. David, architect, 1940- and Pietro Belluschi, design architect, 1899-1994 Contributing Institution: Sanctuary for Sacred Arts Description: Floor plan of the interior of the church, 1989. JPG file (41.2 KB) -
Creator: Richen, J. David, architect, 1940- and Pietro Belluschi, design architect, 1899-1994 Contributing Institution: Sanctuary for Sacred Arts Description: Exterior rendering, 1989. JPG file (25.0 KB) -
Creator: Richen, J. David, architect, 1940- and Pietro Belluschi, design architect, 1899-1994 Contributing Institution: Sanctuary for Sacred Arts Description: Interior renderings of the church showing rerodos wall, grill work, balcony, 1989. JPG file (27.5 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Gray stone church with two towers - perspective view from right corner. Handwritten message on back. Postmarked Jul 13 1909. Tinted photograph. JPG file (160 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Missien van Scheut: Kongo. Kerkje door de Christenen zelf opgetrokken." JPG file (111 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Views of First Baptist Church, St. James Episcopal Church, First Methodist Church. Tinted photographs. Handwritten message on back. Postmarked Apr 20 1955. JPG file (167 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Stone church with brick buildings attached - front view. Printed caption "Collegiate United Methodist Church Wesley Foundation Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa - Founded it 1916 and chosen one of the “twelve great churches of America” in 1950, this handsome building serves as hub of a ministry to the University community through preaching, teaching, fellowship and service." JPG file (148 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Spanish-style stucco church - front view. Tinted photograph. Modern photochrome-style period, 1936-to date. JPG file (116 KB) -
Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1757/1769 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: Congregational minute book begun in 1760, which begins with notes about meetings that occurred during the previous three years, before organized record-keeping was established, and runs to 1769. Entries include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted. Topics include but are not limited to: disputes between church members, appointments to positions such as deacon and sexton, invitations to visiting preachers, financial gifts to the church and gifts from the church to the poor, which included firewood, coffins, and the forgiveness of burial fees in addition to financial donations, letters of dismission, applications for baptism, excommunications and restorations to membership, construction and maintenance of buildings and grounds, church purchases such as a new chalice, and the settlement of accounts with both debtors and creditors. There is an alphabetical index of church members' names at the back of the book. View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society -
Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1771/1775 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: Congregational minute book includes dates of meetings from 1771 to 1775, members present, and business conducted. Topics include but are not limited to: property bequeathed to the church; the filling of positions such as moderator, clerk, treasurer, deacon and minister; maintenance of burial grounds; the church's position on the impropriety of the slave trade; collections for the poor; payment of pew rents; nominations for representatives to the annual association meeting; and admission of new members. View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society -
Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1779/1786 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: Congregational minute book includes dates of meetings from 1779 to 1786, members present, and business conducted. In addition to commonplace business such as repairs to the buildings and grounds, admission and dismission of members, appointment of trustees and directions for better record-keeping, this bound manuscript also documents reinvigorated collection of pew rents for the purpose of securing a new minister, and conflict in the congregation over the Doctrine of Universal Restoration. A listing of members is included in the first few pages of the book, and financial records, including recordings of pew rent, can be found in the last quarter of the book. View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society
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