William Glasgow MCCLINTOCK

William Glasgow MCCLINTOCK

Eigenschaften

Art Wert Datum Ort Quellenangaben
Name William Glasgow MCCLINTOCK
Beruf Min.of Germ.Bapt.Church
Religionszugehörigkeit The fascinating Dunkards |Some years ago I was speaking at a Hon family reunion and unwittingly electrified my audience by making the statement that all the early Hons were Dunkards.|Many of the listeners thought I said "drunkards." So their wrath was upo

Ereignisse

Art Datum Ort Quellenangaben
Geburt 20. Dezember 1802 Bourbon Co., Kentucky, USA nach diesem Ort suchen
Tod 5. März 1886 St Clair Co, Illinois, USA nach diesem Ort suchen
Reference Number
Heirat 8. Februar 1829 St. Clair County, Illinois, USA nach diesem Ort suchen

Ehepartner und Kinder

Heirat Ehepartner Kinder
8. Februar 1829
St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Nancy Caroline EYMAN

Notizen zu dieser Person

Ehefrau war Tochter von : Abraham Eymann II (1767),Eltern des Mannes:Joseph McClintock (1777 - 1846 )und Jane Glasgow (1782 - 1870)siehe auch Nr.4637

The Church of the Brethren is one of the historic "peace churches" in the United States. It is of German Pietistic-Anabaptist background and shares many Baptist characteristics. Members of the church are known also as Dunkers or Dunkards (from German tunken,"to dip"), because of their baptismal ceremony. During this ceremony the believer is dipped three times, face forward, once at the mentionof each name of the Trinity, according to the baptismal formula in Matthew 28:19.

Origin

The Dunker movement was an offshoot of the German Pietist movement of the late 17th century. The first Dunker congregation was organized at Schwartzenau, Germany (now in North Rhine-Westphalia), in 1708. Persecuted by the state church in Germany, the Dunkers immigrated to America from 1719 to 1729.Their first church in what is now the United States was organized in 1723. The Dunkers are most numerous in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and North Dakota. Many of them are farmers. In recent years the denomination has expanded to include many prosperous city churches. The denomination supports a number of colleges, notably Ashland College, at Ashland, Ohio.

Doctrine and Organization

In doctrine the Brethren adhere to the New Testament and accept no creeds. They hold the Bible to be the inspired and infallible word ofGod and accept the New Testament as their only rule of faith and practice. They believe in the Trinity, in the divinity of Christ, in the Holy Spirit, and in future rewards and punishments. Faith, repentance, and baptism are held to be the conditions of salvation. In practice the Brethren closely follow the teachings of the Bible and observe the primitive simplicity of the Apostolic church.

At the basis of their belief is a commitment to peace. They enjoin plainness of dress, settle difficulties among themselves without civil law, affirm instead of taking oath, oppose secret societies, and advise against the use of tobacco and the manufacture, sale, and use of intoxicants. As early as 1782 the Brethren prohibited slavery and vehemently denounced the slave trade. A traditional ban onparticipation in politics has been relaxed somewhat in recent years. The Eucharist is celebrated in the evening, after the serving of a simple common meal. Before this meal the ordinance of foot washing is observed, and afterward the members extend the right hand of fellowship and exchange the kiss of peace. Bishops (or elders), ministers, and deacons are elected by the congregations. Congregations are organized into state districts; both units elect delegates to the annual conference.

Later History

In 1881-83 the church lost about 8000 members by a division in its ranks; the splitresulted in the secession of two parties, known as the Old-Order Brethren and Progressive Brethren. The former group objected to the attention the church was paying to educational, missionary, and Sunday school work, and the latter insisted that the church was too conservative. After several years of contention these parties withdrew from the parent church and formed separate organizations. The parent church is known today as the Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers) and according to recent statistics has 172,115 members in 1061 congregations.

The Progressive Brethren divided againin 1939. According to the latest available statistics, one group, the Brethren Church (Ashland, Ohio) has 15,082 members in 122 churches; the second group, the National Fellowship of Brethren churches, has 34,000 members in more than 275 churches. Another Dunker sect is composed of the Seventh Day Baptists (German).

Quellenangaben

1 McCollister-Rockwell-Thomas Web Site
Autor: Yvonne McCollister
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