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To the Cherokees, everything in their natural environment - plants, animals, and people - possessed a spirit. Their beliefs were directed toward maintaining a balance in this world, and they felt trouble developed when this balance was upset.
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3783
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Although the Church of England, or Anglican Church, was the colony's official religion, it grew slowly. Colonists were spread out, and churches were few. Because of the colony's religious tolerance, three dissenting groups developed: Quakers, Presbyterians, and Moravians.
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3784
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When the Revolutionary War broke the ties with the Anglican Church, the Methodist societies within it became the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. Methodist circuit riders, or preachers, assigned to a particular territory, rode far and wide to bring religion to the people.
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3848
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After the Revolution, many people turned away from the formal rituals of the Anglican Church. A revival movement swept the state. Sermons became more lively and relevant to farm and backcountry life. Large crowds came to hear preachers, and many denominations increased.
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3849
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Camp meetings, or religious revivals, attracted farmers and people in small communities. Because of the distance to reach them, meetings often lasted a week. Most came for spiritual growth and renewal, and also to socialize and be entertained. The state's first camp meeting was held in October, 1801.
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3850
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Because of their emphasis on heartfelt faith, Baptist and Methodist churches appealed to people more than the Anglican church's emphasis on wealth and liturgy. The first Baptist church was founded in Camden County in 1727, while Methodists became a denomination in December, 1784.
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3851
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Few Jewish people were in the state when Jacob Mordecai came to Warrenton in 1792. He was a merchant, and in 1808, opened a girls' academy for all faiths. Because of the small Jewish population, only two of his thirteen children married in the faith; and several became Christians.
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Early church music followed several forms; lining out, or having a leader sing a line for the congregation to repeat; setting hymns to known ballads; and using shape-NOTE_tunebooks. After the Civil War, changes in both black and white churches included the use of organs, pianos, and choirs.
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3853
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Afro-Americans chose to establish their own congregations and churches, partly because of segregation and partly because of a need to express their own African-Christian beliefs. The most prominent was the African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion) Church, organized in 1820 in the North and in New Bern in 1864.
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