Covenant Congregational Church - Greenfield, NH
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N 42° 57.055 W 071° 52.055
19T E 266074 N 4759354
Gathereed in 1791, this church built the current building about 1867 after serveral reorganizations, located in the center of Greenfield, New Hampshire.
Waymark Code: WM3CH8
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2008
Views: 21
Church gathered in 1791; town incorporated in the same year. Formerly the Second Church or Congregational Church; formerly hristian Society until 1833. Church called its first minister, Timothy Clark, in 1799.
In 1822, a large number of members withdrew to form their own church, a branch of the Peterborough Presbyterian Church. In 1834 the differences were reconciled and the two joined as the Evangelical Church. The members who refused to join organized the First Congregational Church in 1839, which met in the meeting house on the town green. In 1864 the Evangelical and Congregational Churches began meeting together; in 1867 Greenfield Second Evangelical, a Presbyterian church, and the Congregational Church joined together to form Greenfield Union Congregational. Extant as Greenfield Union Congregational Church UCC in 1996. Later changed name to Covenant Congregational Church.
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