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Evangelical Synod of North America

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Corporate name headingEvangelical Synod of North America
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See alsoEvangelical and Reformed Church
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German Evangelical Synod of North America
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Special noteAACR 1 form: Evangelical Synod of North America
The German Reformed Church became known as the Reformed Church in the United States in 1869. In 1934 it merged with the Evangelical Synod of North America (formed in 1877 by the merger of the Evangelical Synod of the Northwest, the German Evangelical Society of Ohio, the United Evangelical Society of the East, and other similar organizations) to form the Evangelical and Reformed Church. In 1957 the latter merged with the General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States to form the United Church of Christ.
Existed 1925-1934
Found inBode, H. Builders of Our Foundations, 1940 (German Evangelical Synod of the West was joined in 1877 by German Evangelical Society of Ohio, Evangelical Synod of the Northwest, United Evangelical Society of the East, fd. 1872, and United Evangelical Society of the East, fd. 1872, to form German Evangelical Synod of North America)
Schneider, C.E. Origin of the German Evangelical Synod of North America, 1935 (1925 dropped the word "German" and became the Evangelical Synod of North America)