Second Church of Dorchester is a
Church of the Nazarene
The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa within Johnson County, Kansas. With its members co ...
in the historic
Codman Square District of
Dorchester in
Boston
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,
. In 1804 the church was founded as the Dorchester Meeting House Company by members from the
First Parish Church of Dorchester.
In 1806 the Harvard graduate John Codman was ordained as the church´s first minister. Notable attendees during Dr. Codman´s ministry tenure included
John Adams
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and
Daniel Webster
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. Paul Revere & Sons cast the bell for the church tower. Colonel William Baker donated the clock for the church tower. The church also houses a pipe organ. The church was originally
Congregational
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...
but became a
Church of the Nazarene
The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa within Johnson County, Kansas. With its members co ...
in 1991.
References
* Puritan Heritage: a brief history of Second Church in Dorchester, compiled by Janet L. Robertson, Church Historian. 1955.
Second Church of Dorchester: History.National Register of Historic Places: Codman Square District¨A discourse delivered in the Second Congregational Church, Dorchester, Ms., Monday, Dec. 27, 1847 : at the funeral of Rev. John Codman, D.D., late pastor of said church¨ Richard S. Storrs. ABIGAIL: the Library Catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society
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