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The districts of the Church of the Brethren are twenty-four regional divisions that serve to administer approximately one thousand congregations [1] of the Church of the Brethren in the United States and Puerto Rico. Districts are divided along state and county lines with membership and geographic scope varying widely.
Shenandoah is a city in Page and Fremont counties in Iowa, United States.The population was 4,925 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. [3] Once referred to as the "seed and nursery center of the world," Shenandoah is the home to Earl May Seed Company and the radio station KMA, founded by Earl E. May. [4] The early live radio stations gave many performers their start, including The Everly ...
Fruit of the Vine, A History of the Brethren 1708–1995, Donald F. Durnbaugh (1996) Brethren Press ISBN 978-0871780034; Handbook of Denominations, by Frank S. Mead, Samuel S. Hill, and Craig D. Atwood; Portrait of a People: The Church of the Brethren at 300, Carl Desportes Bowman (2008) Brethren Press ISBN 978-0871780850
Known as the "Iowa Band", they established churches in eastern Iowa based on Turner's Denmark church. [2] The church building is a brick structure with a truncated square tower. A tall, slender spire had been completed in 1871, but was lost in a storm in 1953. [2] Instead of replacing it, the crenelations were created at the top of the tower ...
Location of Clinton County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Clinton County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Most of the congregations of the First Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas joined the Iowa Synod as its Texas District in 1896. [3] In 1930, the Iowa Synod merged with the Ohio Synod and the Buffalo Synod to form the American Lutheran Church (ALC). [4] The latter body, after further mergers, became part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in ...
A presbytery is a regional governing body or lower judicatories that is made up of local churches. In official communications, many of these presbyteries use "Presbytery of" in front of their names, for example, "Presbytery of The James."
The Diocese of the Midwest is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Its territory includes parishes, monasteries, missions, and chapels located in twelve states in the Midwestern United States – Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.