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The Eliot Church of Newton474 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458617-244-3639 |
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History Eliot History |
The History of Eliot Church Eliot Church continues the Reformed-Puritan (Congregational) tradition in the United Church of Christ. Thirty-seven neighbors at Angiers Corner first established the church here in 1845. The present building is our fourth structure; we outgrew the original by 1860 and two other structures were destroyed by fires in 1887 and 1956.
The church was named for the puritan minister, John Eliot, who began his work as an “Apostle to the Indians” nearby.
As his personal struggle for justice was sometimes controversial, so has been the history of this church. In its 150 years, Eliot membership has fluctuated considerably, sometimes reaching 1000 and 3other times dipping to 30 or 40 loyalists. Controversies have not been avoided, beginning with the issue of slavery and continuing through the civil rights movement and the debate over the war in Vietnam. |
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