{"id":197,"date":"2016-04-17T04:17:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T04:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2025-08-21T01:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:53:25","slug":"our-heritage-predecessor-congregations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hamlinechurch.org\/wordpress\/about\/our-heritage\/our-heritage-predecessor-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"Predecessor Congregations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our Heritage: Predecessor Congregations<\/h3>\n

National Register<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Annual Conference Sessions<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Predecessor Congregations<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Colors of Worship<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2010 merger of Hamline United Methodist Church with the Church of the Good Shepherd connected the Hamline congregation to the first Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Paul established in 1848, as well as a series of Evangelical United Brethren congregations.<\/p>\n

Hamline Church thus represents two distinctive familial lines: one leading directly to the first Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Minnesota\u2019s capitol city of St. Paul, and the other leading directly to the rebirth of Hamline University in St. Paul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Download a full PDF of \"Following in Our Footsteps<\/a>\" to explore the Saint Paul neighborhoods where Hamline Church\u2019s congregations developed.<\/p>\n

 
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