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Show Church to Celebrate in Bam Where It W as Bom mnj 1 : . . . .wBT; . (Is L'1. -V " i i m While the Church of the United Brethren in Christ is holding its thirtieth quadrennial general conference in Lancaster, Pa., May 14-25, at least one meeting will be held in Isaac Long's barn, six miles northeast of the city. This structure was the scene of the Otterbein-Boehm "Great Meeting" in 1766 at which the church was born, being the first American-born denomination. The building still stands, and Is shown above as it was in 1766. It is hoped that the conference will result in the organization of the "United Church in America," composed of the United Brethren in Christ, the Reformed Church in the U. S. A. and the Evangelical Synod of North America. |