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Article: Evangelical From the Beginning: The Story of the Evangelical Congregational Church.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- March 1, 2008
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Evangelical From the Beginning: The Story of the Evangelical Congregational Church. Edited by Terry Heisey. Lexington, Ky.: Emeth, 2006. 381 pp. $24.50 cloth; $19.00 paper.
The Evangelical Congregational Church traces its roots to Jacob Albright, a German immigrant caught in the American wave of Methodist excitement who converted in 1792. Though a close ally of Asbury, Albright preferred to work with German-speaking folk in eastern Pennsylvania; "Albright's People" organized themselves into the Evangelical Association in 1810. In 1895, the new denomination split into two factions. The Evangelical Alliance was more Anglicized, more Midwestern, and more open to the ...