John Winebrenner

John Winebrenner

John Winebrenner (March 25, 1797 in Glade Valley, Maryland - September 12, 1860 in Harrisburg), founder of the Church of God.

He studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was ordained in the German Reformed Church in 1820 and became a pastor at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where his revival preaching and his "Revival Hymn-Book" (1825) brought about a break between his followers and the Reformed Church.

His Christian testimony can be found in the book "The Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses" (1858) edited by John Frederick Weishampel. In 1830 he founded the Church of God (whose members are commonly called "Winebrennerians"); he was speaker of its conference and edited its publication, "The Church Advocate", until his death.

Books

*"Brief Views of the Church of God" (1840)
*"A Treatise on Regeneration" (1844)
*"Doctrinal and Practical Sermons" (1860)
*"The History of all the Religious Denominations in the United States" (1844) with IB Rupp.

External links

* [http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/believers/weishampelthw/THW000A.HTM The Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses (1858)]


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