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It remained part of the Church of England until 1978, when the Anglican Church of Bermuda separated. The Church of England was the state religion in Bermuda and a system of parishes was set up for the religious and political subdivision of the colony (they survive, today, as both civil and religious parishes). Bermuda, like Virginia, tended to ...
It is the location of St. Peter's Church, the oldest-surviving Anglican church outside of the British Isles (Britain and Ireland) and the oldest surviving non-Roman Catholic church in the New World, also established in 1612. It remained part of the Church of England until 1978 when the Anglican Church of Bermuda was formed.
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, [1] in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
From 1796 to 1818 the Church began operating in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), following the 1796 start of British colonisation, when the first services were held for the British civil and military personnel. In 1799, the first Colonial Chaplain was appointed, following which CMS and SPG missionaries began their work, in 1818 and 1844 respectively.
Baptist, Congregationalist and Methodist churches had appeared in Scotland in the 18th century, but did not begin significant growth until the 19th century, [73] partly because more radical and evangelical traditions already existed within the Church of Scotland and the free churches.
The English Church then broke away first from the authority of the Pope and bishops over the King and then from some doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church. It then became the Church of England rather than a regional division of the Catholic church. The English Reformation began as more of a political affair than a theological dispute.
In 1740, Whitefield began touring New England. He landed in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 14, 1740, and preached several times in the Anglican church. He then moved on to Boston, Massachusetts, where he spent a week. There were prayers at King's Chapel (at the time an Anglican church) and preaching at Brattle Street Church and South ...
1814 – First recorded baptism of a mainland Chinese Protestant convert, Cai Gao; [218] American Baptist Foreign Mission Society formed; [202] [219] Netherlands Bible Society founded [210] Samuel Marsden officiated at the first service on Christmas Day to begin the Church Missionary Society work in New Zealand. [220] [221]