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From: Lauren Brantner <>
Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Kreider's Reformed Church
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:36:33 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <b238f9100706220421n337742eciede6c5f0466bf71@mail.gmail.com>


You could get Volume 9 of Maryland German Church Records
Benjamin's Reformed Church, near Westminster, Carroll County, 1766-1835, St. Benjamin's Lutheran Church near Westminster, Carroll county 1767-1837 by Pastor Frederick Weiser. The volume also has Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Bachman's Valley, Carroll County 1767-1837. This is published by the Historical Society of Carroll County. I've not seen this volume - it is listed in another of the series that I have. I don't know how readily available this series is - perhaps someone local has more knowledge of them.

Lauren Brantner

Blah BlahBlah <> wrote: Hi, everyone,

"Reformed church" refers primarily to those under the influence of
Zwingli and esp. John Calvin--their influence took different forms in
different countries (e.g., Calvin's direct influence on John Knox in
Scotland and Knox's founding of the Presbyterian church). Perhaps the
biggest difference between Calvinists/Reformed and other churches is
they do not believe in having bishops or other forms of church
hierarchy, but instead believe in managing the church by elders
("presbyteros" is Greek for "elder") or assemblies/synods. Other
Calvinist-influenced denominations (e.g., Baptists and
Congregationalists/Puritans) believe in independent local churches.
Nowadays most of us don't know much about the points of theology and
doctrine which so deeply interested and often inflamed our ancestors
so terribly in the 16th-19th centuries.

Here's the introductory paragraph from the ever-wonderful Wikipedia:

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_church

The Reformed churches are a group of Christian Protestant
denominations historically related by a similar Calvinist system of
doctrine, which first arose especially in the Swiss Reformation led by
Ulrich Zwingli, but soon afterward appeared in nations throughout
Western Europe. Each nation in which the Reformed movement was
originally established had its own church government. Several of these
local churches have expanded to worldwide denominations and most have
experienced splits into multiple denominations. Commitment to teaching
the original Calvinism usually continues to be reflected in their
official definitions of doctrine, but in some cases is no longer
necessarily typical of these churches. A 1999 survey found 746
Reformed denominations worldwide.

As for Kreider's, as has been pointed out, it was a Union church,
meaning both Lutherans and Reformed used the same building, but kept
separate records of baptism, marriage, communion, etc.

Sam

P.S. Gee, someone should contribute an article to the Wikipedia on
Kreider's. Any volunteers???

P.P.S.
And here is a description of some of the records held at the Hall of
Records in Annapolis (am sure the Mormons have this on microfilm):

St. Benjamin's Church Collection
MSA SC 96
Collection Dates: 1763-1866
Collection Description: St. Benjamin's Church (Kreider's Church),
Lutheran Reformed Congregation, Pipe Creek, CR: record book 1763-1836.
Translation from German manuscript by C.T. Zahn
Medium: Photostat, microfilm
Restrictions: RESTRICTED: Access to collection is through microfilm.
Do not circulate without the permission of the primary search room
archivist
Storage: Contact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Film No.: M 1159, M 2116
Microfilm inventory:
1754-1836 First record book 1754-1813: constitution of the Reformed
Congregation 1763; first communicant list 1766; minutes, Association
of Reformed Congregations and classes in Maryland at Big Pipe Creek,
Little Pipe Creek, Baltimore, Sam's Creek, Frederick, Antietam,
Conewago, Sharpsburg, Funkstown, Hagerstown, the Kemp's near
Frederick, Peter Reittmauer's, Beaver Dam, and Germantown 1774-1776;
births and baptisms 1754-1836; funerals 1813; agreement between the
Reformed and Lutheran Congregations regarding the use of the Church,
which was dedicated in 1763. M 1159-05
1763-1836 St. Benjamin's (Kreiders Church): register 1763-1836 M 2116


And the late Dr. Zahn's work was reprinted in 1993 by the Hist. Soc.
of Carroll Co.:
The Pipe Creek Church, Benjamin's, St. Benjamin's, or, Kreider's
Church near Westminster, Carroll County, Reformed records, 1766-1835,
Lutheran records, ... 1799-1881 / by Charles T. Zahn.


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