In 1736, downtown Lancaster was a woodland. Orange Street was a dirt path, King Street was a wagon path and only 200 people lived in Lancaster city. There were a couple houses that dotted the ...

Every February, people around the Stockade neighborhood — particularly those at the First Reformed Church — seem to be a bit more interested in history. And while they don’t want to celebrate all that ...

An introduction to the United Reformed Church, a Trinitarian church found in England, Scotland and Wales: its structure and history in the British Reformation and Evangelical Revival. Across England, ...

One thing is for sure: Brian Frankhouser knows his history, in both a secular and ecclesiastical sense. Frankhouser, 62, serves on the board of trustees at the New Holland Historical Society, housed ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Magyar Reformed Church in Charleston was among 5 Island churches featured in the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Second Annual Sacred Sites Open House last Saturday. Only ...

Zion's Reformed Church was the only Reformed church in Allentown. Its pastor in 1866 was the Rev. Nero Stout Strassburger. A traditionalist by background, he tried hard to find a middle ground between ...

Some classic works on the origins of modernity gave pride of place to Calvinism. Max Weber famously made it the fount of capitalist economics; Robert K. Merton, that of experimental science; Michael ...

In the late 17th century, a group of six German Pietists (a religious movement within Lutheranism) wanted to start a community of their faith in Pennsylvania. To that end, on Oct. 13, 1701, a warrant ...

Bulletin: ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...In New Jersey, Mercer ...

LONG BRANCH - A plan that would essentially preserve the Dutch Reformed Church of Long Branch building by converting it to senior housing is in the works. While not on any historic register, the ...

CALENDARS and booklets are now available to mark the 350th anniversary of Tockholes United Reformed Church. Resident Judith Jacklin has compiled the booklet exploring centuries of history, and the ...