Albright Brethren, The
Albright Brethren, The
(Known as the EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION).
“A body of American Christians chiefly of German descent”, founded, in 1800, by the Rev. Jacob Albright, a native of Pennsylvania (1759-1808). The association is Arminian in doctrine and theology; in its form of church government, Methodist Episcopal. It numbers 148,506 members, not including children, with 1,864 ministers and 2,043 churches, in the United States, Canada, and Germany.
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GESS, Der Methodismus und die evang. Kirche Wurtenberg (Ludwigsburg, 1876); HUNDHAUSEN in Kirchenlex., I, 453.
FRANCIS W. GREY Transcribed by John Orr
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume ICopyright © 1907 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York