Third (Bergey's) Reformed Church (Baltimore, MD)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 048

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Third Reformed Church collection consists of 1 large folder & 2 boxes containing: - Bulletins - Church Records (original): Baptisms, 1854-1940; Confirmations, 1845-1914; Marriages, 1871-1942; Marriage Licenses, 1886-1893; Deaths, 1854-1944; Communicants, 1845-1944; Membership, 1845-1944; Men in Service - Constitutions - Financial Records: General: 1869-1912, 1922-1930, 1942-1943; Subscription Lists & Loans, 1845, 1853 - History: General; News Clippings - Legal Records, 185-1929 - Newsletters, 1940, 1942 - Committees: - Consistory: Controversy. Church Location, 1926-1928; Correspondence, 1912-1931; Minutes, 1843-1941; Reports, 1921-1929 - Auxiliary Organizations: - Choir: Constitutions, 1856; Minutes, 1845-1847 - Friendship Circles, 1942, 1944 - Men's Bible Class: Minutes, 1914-1917 - Sinking Funds Society: Constitutions, 1848; Minutes, 1848-1849; Financial Records, 1848-1850 - Women's Guild: Financial Records, 1848-1967 - Women's Missionary Society: Minutes, 1922-1949

Dates

Creation: 1843 - 1967

Biographical / Historical

Third Reformed Church in Baltimore traces its inception to 1843, a few years after the Sunday School declared its independence from Second Street First Reformed. During the 1850s, the church purchased a pipe organ and a pulpit recess was added in 1859. Organized in 1872, the Mission Sunday School declared its independence in 1878 and formed St. Paul's Reformed Church. Third Reformed Church underwent renovations in 1880 and again in 1906 and 1908. In 1923, the old church building located at Paca and Saratoga Streets was sold and work began on the new church building, which included an auditorium, an education building, and a parsonage. In 1947 Third Reformed merged with St. Paul's Reformed to form Park Community E&R Church. Pastors of this church include: Bernard C. Wolf Andrew Peter Freese J. S. Foulk D. Gans Conrad Clever Clayton H. Ranck James Riley Bergey

Extent

2.067 Cubic Feet (3 containers)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Additional copy of Church Records, 1854-1944 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #163 For: Certificate of contribution to the Forward Movement of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1926 SEE ALSO: Locked Case 3 #1 For: Information regarding St. Paul's Reformed Church, Baltimore, MD SEE ALSO: Church RG 207 For: Information regarding Park Community E&R Church, Baltimore, MD SEE ALSO: Church RG 158