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Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church
The Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church is the 3rd Presbyterian Church to be built in Philadelphia.
The Presbyterian faith built their first church in Philadelphia in 1704. Around 1740, George Whitefield came to Philadelphia during the Great Awakening. He was a traveling minister who went from city to city to preach about different forms of religion. He would try to convince people to be more free thinking religious followers instead of following just what their church tells them. He convinced people to be more charitable and free thinking. This would cause a problem in the Presbyterian faith when many followers started to buy in to Whitefield. Many people still did not buy into Whitefield and forced the followers out. The followers would build a new church. Now there were two Presbyterian Churches in Philadelphia; old followers and free thinkers.
By 1760, the Great Awakening had worn out and moved on, and the old followers and free thinkers reconciled. By this time, the Presbyterian faith had grown in Philadelphia and both churches would be to small for the whole congregation. They would buy a patch of land at the corner of Pine and 4th Street. There, in 1768, is where they would build the Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church. Ironically, or by coincidence from the free thinkers, the patch of land they bought and built the church on was the same patch of land George Whitefield stood to preach everyday during the Great Awakening.
In 1774 and 1775, many members of the 1st Continental Congress used the church for prayers and worship, including the likes of John Adams and Samuel Adams. When the Revolutionary War started in 1775, reverend of the church George Duffield served as the Chaplain of the Continental Army and then as Chaplain of the Pennsylvania Militia. Many members of the church picked up their guns and also joined the patriot cause. The Pine Street Presbyterian Church came to be known as the Church of Patriots. During the war, in 1777 when the British captured Philadelphia, the British used the church as a field hospital and then a horse stable.
Today, the church is still as active as it was pre war. It is the oldest Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and the only one left pre Revolutionary War.
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church
The Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church is the 3rd Presbyterian Church to be built in Philadelphia.
The Presbyterian faith built their first church in Philadelphia in 1704. Around 1740, George Whitefield came to Philadelphia during the Great Awakening. He was a traveling minister who went from city to city to preach about different forms of religion. He would try to convince people to be more free thinking religious followers instead of following just what their church tells them. He convinced people to be more charitable and free thinking. This would cause a problem in the Presbyterian faith when many followers started to buy in to Whitefield. Many people still did not buy into Whitefield and forced the followers out. The followers would build a new church. Now there were two Presbyterian Churches in Philadelphia; old followers and free thinkers.
By 1760, the Great Awakening had worn out and moved on, and the old followers and free thinkers reconciled. By this time, the Presbyterian faith had grown in Philadelphia and both churches would be to small for the whole congregation. They would buy a patch of land at the corner of Pine and 4th Street. There, in 1768, is where they would build the Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church. Ironically, or by coincidence from the free thinkers, the patch of land they bought and built the church on was the same patch of land George Whitefield stood to preach everyday during the Great Awakening.
In 1774 and 1775, many members of the 1st Continental Congress used the church for prayers and worship, including the likes of John Adams and Samuel Adams. When the Revolutionary War started in 1775, reverend of the church George Duffield served as the Chaplain of the Continental Army and then as Chaplain of the Pennsylvania Militia. Many members of the church picked up their guns and also joined the patriot cause. The Pine Street Presbyterian Church came to be known as the Church of Patriots. During the war, in 1777 when the British captured Philadelphia, the British used the church as a field hospital and then a horse stable.
Today, the church is still as active as it was pre war. It is the oldest Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and the only one left pre Revolutionary War.