Baltimore- Historic Places of Worship: Emmanuel Evangelical Church

Not to be confused with the 21st century understanding of evangelism, which has its roots in the Baptist, Pentecostal, and Holiness forms of Protestantism, the 19th century Evangelical Association were ethnic Germans who followed the Armenian form of theology and a Methodist form of governing.
to the outsider they appear to be German Methodists.

Formed in 1840 by missionaries from Pennsylvania, the congregation first rented a small chapel, as they grew they were able to rent a larger building.
One of these first buildings was the Cove Street Chapel, which still exists at the southeast side of Fremont Ave. and Fairmount Ave., a humble little building now used as a hall for parties.

In 1841 a lot was bought at the corner of S Eutaw st and Camden st, which a small church was put up. In late 1851 a fire demolished the church, while the building was being rebuilt, the B & O Railroad urged them to sell their property to them to build their large Camden Station.
A new site was bought on the east side of Greene street above Redwood. At this location they prospered.

In 1922 the Greene street building was bought by the University of Maryland who used it for a short time then demolished it.
The Emmanuel congregation built a new building in 1923 at the SE corner of west Baltimore and Garrison Lane (Franklintown Rd). Here the somewhat smaller congregation built the basement phase of a new building, and sometime later the modest church was erected on top.

During the late 1940s the Evangelical denomination merged with the United Brethren, another German Methodist styled group, who like Methodism, had its American origins in Baltimore.
forming the Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) denomination.

In 1951 the congregation build a new building on Frederick Road, in Paradise MD (east side of Catonsville). In 1968 the EUB denomination merged with the various Methodist denominations to form the United Methodists.

Today Emmanuel is an active congregation.