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6 unusual facts about Church of the United Brethren in Christ


Church of the United Brethren in Christ

Orville and Wilbur Wright, who invented the airplane, were the sons of United Brethren bishop Milton Wright.

James M. Cox, 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, twice governor of Ohio, and founder of Cox Enterprises.

J. Edward Roush, who represented Indiana's 4th Congressional District 1959-1977, and was instrumental in establishing the nationwide 911 emergency system.

Jacob Hoke

He was also a prolific writer of widely circulated religious materials for the United Brethren Church.

United Brethren

Church of the United Brethren in Christ, an evangelical Christian denomination based in Huntington, Indiana

Vandalia, Ohio

The first church was started by the United Brethren congregation.


Moses Hull

Born in Waldo, Ohio, Hull was a member of the United Brethren Church in his teens.

Philip William Otterbein

Officially Otterbein remained in good standing as a German Reformed clergyman until his death, but his work led inexorably to the formation of a new Protestant denomination, the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.


see also

Kumler

Henry Kumler, Sr. (1775–1854), bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ in the USA

Daniel Kumler Flickinger (1824–1911), American Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ