The German Reformed Church was founded during the Pennyslvania immigration movement in the 1720s. In 1747 two pastors, John ¶ Philip Boehm and Michael Schlatter, brought the various local churches and congregations of German immigrants together in a union, with the Heidelberg Catechism as its doctrinal standard. In 1793 the synod of the German Reformed Churches in the USA began to ordain clergy and establish schools; a seminary was founded in 1825, which moved to Mercersburg in 1837 and to Lancaster in 1871. In the 1840s …
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Hambrick-Stowe, Charles E., “German Reformed Church”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_08471>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013
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