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Excerpt from In God's Vineyard for Two Hundred Years: Bi-Centennial Anniversary of St. John's Lutheran Church, Cabarrus County, North Carolina While growing stronger through the years, St. John's has given large numbers of its membership to the establishment of other congregations and by letter of transfer of individuals to other churches. The following list, which may not tell the full story, will indicate to some extent how much she gave: New Bethel in Stanly County, 1806; St. Stephen's, 1837; St. James, ' 1843; Trinity, 1857; Holy Trinity, 1870; Mt. Olive, 1878; Pros perity, 1879; Mt. Hermon and Cold Water, 1881; Mt. Gilead and St. Mar tin's, all in Cabarrus County. Quite a number moved to Illinois and had part in organizing congregations there. During the great revival move ments the Methodist Church drew upon her membership. Yet the ongoing life of the congregation has never been stronger than today in internal activities arid support of the whole work of the church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.