UNITARIAN, UNITED BRETHREN, UNIVERSALIST

UNITARIAN

1869-1874 – Church of the Unity – Case Hall, Rev. T.B. Forbush

1883 - 1891 – Church of the Unity – Bolivar at Prospect, Rev. F.L. Hosmer

1894 - 1898 – Unity Church – Bolivar at Prospect, Rev. Marion Murdick and Rev. Florence Buck

1902 – Unity Church – Bolivar at Prospect, Rev. Minot Simons

1908 - 1918 – Unity Church – Euclid at E. 82nd, Rev. Minot Simons

UNITED BRETHREN

From: Jubilee Edition of Waechter und Anzeiger Newspaper 1902

Four German Congregations belong to the United Brethren In Christ sect. This sect shares much with the Methodists. United Brethren in Christ was called into being a hundred years ago in this country. Its founder was a German who organized the first congregation in Baltimore.

At the start of the 1850s the first movement got underway to establish a German U.B. congregation here, since various persons had settled here who had belonged to one in the east. It was 1854 when the first German congregation of the U.B. in C. was born on the West Side. It was organized with 20 members. After the first congregation was founded in 1854, there was need for a church building, and so services were held in the English Brethren Church at the corner of York and Bridge Street, which had been built some years before. The first minister was Julius Degmeier. It soon received so many members that it was able to build a small church on Lorain Street near Randall Street. This was in 1860 when C.F. Eckert held the pastorate. After holding services there for eight years, the church was sold and a lot was obtained at the corner of Orchard and Peach Street. In 1868, the congregation headed by Pastor C. Streich, built a new church. From 1868 to the present, the following ministers have served the First U.B. congregation: C. Streich, M. Bussdicker, A. Krause, J. Ernst, J. Sick, G. Fritz, E. Lorenz, J. Bremer, J. Moeller, C. Streich, H. Oelschlaeger and C. Baumbach. The first U.B. congregation can be regarded as the mother of the two others since it passed members on to them.

1854 – United Brethren Church (GERMAN) – Pearl and Orchard, Rev. Julius Degmeier

1855-1858 - United Brethren Church - Pearl and Orchard, Rev. E. Licht

1857 - United Brethren Church - Pearl and Orchard - Rev. B. Frillman

1859 - United Brethren Church - Pearl and Orchard - Rev. H.C. Cromm

1860-1862 - United Brethren Church - Pearl and Orchard, Rev. C.F. Eckert

1862-1864 - United Brethren Church - Pearl and Orchard, Rev. G. Baeker

1866-1868 - United Brethren Church - Pearl and Orchard, Rev. E. Lorenz

1868-1871 - United Brethren Church - Pearl and Orchard, Rev. C. Streich

1871 - 1872 – United Brethren Church – Pearl and Orchard, Rev. Mathew Busdieker

1872 – United Brethren Church – Orchard and Fir, Rev. August Krause

1877 – First United Brethren – Peach and Orchard, Rev. August Krause

1876-1879 – First United Brethren – Peach and Orchard, Rev. Jacob Ernst

1883 – First Church – Peach and Orchard, Rev. John Sick

1887 – First Church – Peach and Orchard, Rev. Edward Lorenz

1891 – First Church – Peach and Orchard, Rev. John Bremer

1894 – First Church – Peach and Orchard, Rev. Justus Moeller

1898 – First Church – Peach and Orchard, Rev. Caspar Streich

1902 – First Church – Peach and Orchard, Rev. Heinrich Oelschlager

1918 – First Church – W. 42nd at Orchard

1877 - Second United Brethren – Ridge Ave. at Dudley, Rev. August Krause

1879 – Second United Brethren – Elton and Dudley, Rev. Jacob Scholler

1883 – Second Church – Elton and Dudley, Rev. John Sick

1887 – Second Church – Elton and Dudley, Rev. John P. Mosshammer

1891 – Second Church – Elton and Dudley, Rev. A.W. Kopittke

1892 – Second Church – Elton and Dudley, Rev. G. Schmidt

1894 - 1898 – Second Church – Elton and Dudley, Rev. Henry J. Frank

1902 – Second Church – Elton and Dudley, Rev. John Dunzweiler

1908 - Second Church - Elton and Dudley, Rev. Emil Wagner

1913 - Second Church - Elton and Dudley, Rev. J.H. Steper

1918 - 1924 - Second Church - Elton and Dudley, Rev. W.H. Bunge

1887 – Third Church (GERMAN) – Kinsman at Madison, Rev. Caspar Streich

1891 – Third Church – Kinsman at Madison, Rev. Benjamin Fritz

1894 – Third Church – Kinsman at Madison, Rev. Jacob Ernst

1898 - 1902 – Third Church – Kinsman at Madison, Rev. John Assel

1918 – Third Church – Kinsman at E. 79th, Rev. August Schmidt

1928 – Third Church – Kinsman at E. 70th, Rev. Louis Odon

1898 – Fourth Church – Rhodes at Hodgson, Rev. John Floerke

1902 – Fourth Church – Rhodes at Hodgson, Rev. Caspar Streten

1918 – Fourth Church – Fulton at Hodgson, Rev. Weber

1883 – Grove Church – Southern near Quincy, Rev. G.W. Burdick

1898 - 1902 – Superior Street Church – Superior at Lindus, Rev. James Kendall

UNIVERSALIST

1869-1870 – First Universalist Church – 184 Superior St., Rev. C. L. Shipman

1871 - 1872 – First Universalist Church – Euclid and Public Square, Rev. B.F. Eaton

1874 - 1877 – First Universalist Church – Erie between Ohio and Woodland, Rev. Asher Moore

1894 - 1902 – All Souls’ – Willson Ave. at Fourth, Rev. Carl Henry

1908 – All Souls’ – E. 55th at Thackeray, Rev. Charles Patterson

1913 – All Souls’ – E. 55th at Thackeray, Rev. Charles Petty

1918 - 1921 – All Souls’ – Superior at Melbourne, Rev. R.D. Cranmer

1928 – All Souls – Superior at Melbourne, Rev. Rufus Dix

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

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Boston, MA 02108