Otterbein University - Sibyl Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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United Brethren Zburcb A BRIEF SKETCH The Church of the United Brethren in Christ dates its origin to the last quarter of the eighteenth century, under the leadership of Philip William Otterbein, Martin Boehm, and a number of like kindred spirits. The spiritual dearth that obtained throughout the Churches, both in Europe and America at this time, became a subject of alarm to Otter- bein. The study of the Divine Word brought him into new religious experiences, and a higher consciousness of the living Christ in his own life. As a result, in his preaching and teaching he laid supreme stress upon the necessity of man being born anew, to admittance into the king- dom of Heaven. To afford wider opportunities to the laymen of his church, and to reach the unconverted, he established prayer-meetin s, 3 and conducted religious services in the country places. While engaged in this work of faith, Williaiii Otterbein met with Mar nonite preacher of like faith and experience, who became a co-laborer with Otterbein in Missionary work, and in 1776, they held their Memor- tin Boehm, a Men- able Meeting in Isaac Long's barn, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Many other Ministers, as well as laymen took part in this great meeting. this new Church work, and Boehm. Meetings in different sections of -were great seasons of flocked to them from a For a number of years all parties engaged in acted under the general leadership of Otterbein of far reaching influence continued to be held Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. These spiritual infilling, and the people and preachers distance, to hear the word of life preached. At this juncture, in 1789, the first formal Conference convened in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, for the purpose of definite or anizatio t S 11, 0 more effectually preach and teach that union with Christ in heart and life, is essential to religious growth, what was to become the future work of the United Brethren in Christ. The organization consisted of fourteen Ministers, seven of whom w ere present, Of the fourteen, nine were of Reform antecedents, two Mennonites and one Moravian. The T 7