Oliver Cromwell, ‘Oh Happy Day,’ and The United Methodist Church

Christianity is a faith with a long and detailed history, with numerous events of lasting significance occurring throughout the ages.

Each week brings the anniversaries of great milestones, horrid tragedies, amazing triumphs, telling tribulations, inspirational progress, and everything in between.

Here are just a few things that happened this week, April 22-28, in Church history. They include the birth of Oliver Cromwell, the Billboard debut of the hit song “Oh Happy Day,” and the creation of The United Methodist Church.

The United Methodist Church is Formed – April 23, 1968

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This week marks the anniversary of the creation of The United Methodist Church, a mainline Protestant denomination formed by the merging of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church.

The “uniting conference” that took place between the two…