1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION of North America, a religious denomination, founded about the beginning of the igth century by Jacob Albright (1759-1808), a German Lutheran of Pennsylvania. About 1790 he began an itinerant mission among his fellow-countrymen, chiefly in Pennsylvania; and meeting with considerable success, he was, at an assembly composed of adherents from the different places he had visited, elected in 1800 presiding elder or chief pastor, and shortly afterwards rules of government were adopted somewhat sim…
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