American Congregational Union

The '''American Congregational Union''' was formed in 1853 to promote Congregationalism in the United States, primarily through the construction of Congregational churches.<ref name="LippyWilliams1988">{{cite book|author1=Charles H. Lippy|author2=Peter W. Williams|title=Encyclopedia of the American religious experience: studies of traditions and movements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZzWAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0-684-18861-4|page=488}}</ref> In 1892, its name was changed to the '''Congregational Church Building Society'''.<ref name=WillistonWalker>{{cite book | last = Walker | first = Williston | author-link = Williston Walker | title = A History of the Congregational Churches in the United States | publisher = The Christian Literature Company | series = American Church History | volume = 3 | date = 1894 | location = New York | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=F_KdbLp5H2IC |page=383| isbn = 978-0-7905-4239-3 }}</ref> It was an agency of the National Council of Congregational Churches.

By 1893, they had assisted in the creation of 2,340 churches in the western US.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = From Church to Denomination: American Congregationalism in the Nineteenth Century|jstor = 3163649|journal = Church History|date = 1969-03-01|pages = 67–87|volume = 38|issue = 1|doi = 10.2307/3163649|first = Samuel C. Jr.|last = Pearson| s2cid=159674554 }}</ref> They later shifted their efforts towards the creation of urban churches and serving immigrant populations.<ref name="LippyWilliams19882">{{cite book|author1=Charles H. Lippy|author2=Peter W. Williams|title=Encyclopedia of the American religious experience: studies of traditions and movements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZzWAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0-684-18861-4|page=493}}</ref>

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Category:Congregationalism in the United States Category:1853 establishments in the United States