The Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement is a historic church in the Germantown neighborhood of

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. While the current building (designed by Norman A. Hulme) dates to 1929, the church was founded in 1875 as the Third Reformed Episcopal Church. It took its current name by 1894. Two former pastors of the church,

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, later became bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Rev Daniel M Stearns also served a notable 28-year pastorate with this congregation.

References

External links

Official website
* https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/25241 Reformed Episcopal church buildings Religious organizations established in 1875 Churches completed in 1929 Historic district contributing properties in Philadelphia Churches in Philadelphia 20th-century Anglican church buildings in the United States {{Pennsylvania-Anglican-church-stub