augustareligion


 * Churches of Augusta County**
 * The first churches founded were Presbyterian
 * Significant amount of Episcopal churches
 * Fewer Lutheran churches
 * Methodists were found everywhere in Augusta County
 * Because of the German population, there were German Reformed churches and Tunkers (German Baptists)
 * Others included:
 * A Catholic church
 * A United Brethren church
 * There was a growing Baptist community

//When looking at this list of churches, one would think that Augusta County had a population with diverse religions. When looking closer, though, it is apparent that, while there are many churches, they are all under the Christian type. What would something like this mean or prove? It just goes to show that the modern memory may have it right in thinking that the North was more diverse and open to different ethnicities and religions than the South was.//


 * Religion in Augusta County on Slavery**
 * There were two "colored' churches. Mt. Zion Baptist Church and Augusta Street United Methodist Church.
 * Used the Bible as a source to why slavery was so justifiable
 * Talked about what God viewed on slavery
 * Talked about what God viewed on slavery

//Because religion was such an important part of the way of life during the early America, what better a way for the South to justify and convince others to believe in slavery than through the church? It also shows that slaves were probably not allowed to attend a church, because the black population that attended the colored churches were freed blacks.//

Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church The first church in Augusta County founded in 1740 The present church building was erected in 1849