John Winebrenner
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Portrait of Winebrenner in 1849
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| Religion | Christianity |
| Denomination | Church of God |
| Church | General Eldership of the Church of God |
| Education | Dickinson College |
John Winebrenner (March 25, 1797 – September 11, 1860) was a Christian pastor, author and religious reformer who founded the Churches of God General Conference.
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Life
Winebrenner was born in Walkersville, Maryland. He studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was ordained in the German Reformed Church in 1820. He pastored at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where his revival preaching and his Revival Hymn-Book (1825) brought about a break between his followers and the Reformed Church.[1]
His Christian testimony can be found in the book The Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses (1858) edited by John Frederick Weishampel. In 1830, he and five other ministers founded the Church of God (whose members are sometimes called "Winebrennerians"). He served as speaker at the first eldership and subsequently edited and published the Church of God paper, first called The Gospel Publisher (1835–1845) and later The Church Advocate (beginning in 1845).[1]
In January 1836, he established the first Anti-Slavery Society of Harrisburg, where he became an ardent abolitionist and represented his society at the State Convention, and later served as its Corresponding Secretary.[2]
He died from cholera in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was interred at Harrisburg Cemetery.[3]
Bibliography
- A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book (First issued in 1825, this book (words only) went through over twenty editions.
- A Brief View, of the Formation, Government and Discipline, of the Church of God (First issued in 1829)
- A Sermon on Christian Baptism (Harrisburg, 1830)
- Das Christliche Gesang=Buch (First issued in 1834)
- Reference and Pronouncing Testament (First issued in 1836)
- A Popular Treatise on Regeneration (First issued in 1844)
- The Seraphina (Harrisburg, 1854)
- The Church Hymn Book (First issued in 1859)
- Doctrinal and Practical Sermons (First issued in book form in 1860)
- The History of all the Religious Denominations in the United States (First issued in 1844 with I. Daniel Rupp.)
References
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External links
- Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
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- 1797 births
- 1860 deaths
- 19th-century American clergy
- American abolitionists
- American Calvinist and Reformed ministers
- Burials at Harrisburg Cemetery
- Churches of God Christians
- Dickinson College alumni
- Writers from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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