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Frederick religious history predates Frederick City and County
The feature outlines early Frederick churches and denominations, noting German origins of the Evangelical Reformed and Lutheran congregations around 1735 1737, All Saints Parish before city layout, and the growth of Episcopal and Methodist groups. It recounts key figures and sites including Trinity Chapel and Zion Parish, Urbana, with dates from 1742 onward and references to other faiths and modern congregations.
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Frederick
Frederick City
Frederick County
Evangelical Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Saints Episcopal Parish
Prince Georges County
Daniel Dulaney
The
Reformed Church
Trinity Chapel
First Reformed Church
West Church Street
Muhlenberg
Episcopal Church
Maryland
Colonial Assembly
Annapolis
al Saints Parish
Prince Georges Parish
Rockville
St. John’s Parish
Charles County
AM Saints
Zion
Urbana
All Saints
Robert Strawbridge
Pipe Creek
All Saints Parish
Methodist Society
America
Cal‘vary
West Second Street
Baker Park
Presbyterian Church
Stephen Bloomer
Balch
D.D
Georgetown
D. C
St. John’s Cathlic Church
Evangelical
United Brethren Church
Tthis
William Otterbein
Peter Kemp
Centennial Memorial
Grace’ United Church of Christ
Evangelical Reformed
Baptist Church
West Fourth Street
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Assemblies of God
Church of God, Peoples Church
Christian Science Society
Seventh Day Adventist, Church of the Nazarene and
Jehovah's Witnesses