INTRODUCTION TO THE REISSUED EDITION       ix

     • Lowell H. Zuck

FOREWORD                                xxiii

THE AUTHORS                             xxvii

                    PART ONE

     THE REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES

1. EUROPEAN BACKGROUND-REFORMED             3

     • William Toth

2. ON THE FRONTIERS OF A NEW LAND (-1792)  23

3. THE SYNOD IN THE EAST (1793-1863)       53

     • David Dunn

4. THE ERA OF THE GENERAL SYNOD (1863-1934)82

     • David Dunn

5. THE WINNING OF THE WEST (1824-1934)    115

     • Josias Friedli

                    PART TWO

     THE EVANGELICAL SYNOD OF NORTH AMERICA

6. EUROPEAN BACKGROUND EVANGELICAL        147

     • Theophil W. Menzel

7. FRONTIER BEGINNINGS (-1866)            158

     • Theophil W. Menzel

8. WESTERN CONSOLIDATION (1866-1883)      190

     • Paul N. Crusius

9. GROWTH AND OUTREACH (1883-1915)        222

     • Paul N. Crusius

10. THE POSTWAR ERA (1915-1934)           252

     • Paul N. Crusius

                    PART THREE

     THE EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED CHURCH

11. JOURNEY INTO UNION (1929-1940)        279

     • Carl E. Schneider

12. THE NEW WITNESS (1940-1960)           296

     • James E. Wagner

STATISTICAL RECORDS                       339

BIBLIOGRAPHY                              343

INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES                 353