"U" is for United Church of Christ. In 1957 the United Church of Christ was established through the merger of the Congregational Church with the German Reformed Church. Congregational churches traced their American roots to the 1648 union of the Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay into a single denomination. Congregationalists were among the earliest settlers of South Carolina and established churches throughout the lowcountry. The Circular Congregational Meeting House in colonial Charleston included some of the city's most influential citizens. And, it was the church building itself that gave Meeting Street its name. After the Civil War, most Congregational churches in South Carolina became Presbyterian. Congregationalists' greatest contributions in the 20th century were through its African American members and the Avery Normal Institute that educated many of the social and political leaders of Charleston’s black community.
"U" is for United Church of Christ
