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UCC Firsts
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Famous Congregationalists
Potpourri
100
The First ordained African American pastor int he U.S. (1785)
Who is James O'Kelly?
100
UCC
What is the United Church of Christ?
100
These religious separatists eventually landed in Plymouth, MA in 1640.
Who are the Pilgrims?
100
Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Brewer of Beer.
Who is Samuel Adams?
100
Mary Baker Eddy, a congregationalist, founded this new Religion in Boston.
What is Christian Science.
200
Congregationalists organize a campaign to free the slaves on this ship, anchored in New Haven, CT (1839)
What is the Amistad
200
LGBT
What is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender?
200
These religious separatists founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the late 1600's
Who are the Puritans?
200
Influential preacher in the 1700's, shares the same name with a textile.
Who is Cotton Mather?
200
You may meet these "witnesses" at your doorstep.
Who are Jehovah's Witnesses?
300
This is the first ordained woman pastor in the U.S.
Who is Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1853)
300
OWL
What is Our Whole Lives?
300
This European Church tradition centered in the state of Pennsylvania, particularly the eastern and central counties of that state, and extended westward toward Ohio and Indiana and southward toward Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina in the first generation of immigration.
What is the Reformed Church?
300
Inventor of the lightbulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
300
This church has it's headquarters in Silver Spring.
What is the Seventh Day Adventist Church?
400
He was the first openly gay man ordained as a minister in the USA.
Who is William R. Johnson (1972)
400
CAC
What is the Central Atlantic Conference
400
This Christian tradition merged with the Reformed Church. Its epicenter was (and is to this day, in the UCC) Saint Louis, Missouri.
What is the Evangelical Synod of North America
400
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriett Beecher Stowe?
400
This group has the ultimate say in how a UCC church operates.
What is the church membership.
500
This civil rights leaders asked the UCC to intervene in television justice issues in the South (1957)
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
500
GS
What is General Synod
500
Four branches of Christian tradition eventually merged to form the UCC in this year.
What is 1957?
500
Pioneer animator, filmmaker, amusement park builder
Who is Walt Disney
500
These are the two sacraments celebrated in UCC churches.
What are baptism and communion?