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An early advocate of universalism in Pennsylvania was Dr. George DeBenneville, who organized a house church in the Oley Valley and preached occasionally in Philadelphia.
Great faith is involved in a traditional story about Universalism's first foothold in neighboring New Jersey. The Story of Thomas Potter and John Murray
Hosea Ballou led the Universalist faith for many years and preached in Pennsylvania numerous times.
Death cut short Elhanan Winchester's promising career as a Univeralist minister based in Philadelphia.
Myra Kingsbury was an early Universalist minister
serving the Sheshequin Church, now part of the Unitarian Universalist Church of
Athens and Sheshequin.
Sermon on Myra Kingsbury by Rev. Ann Marie Alderman James Relly preached universalism in Europe before it made its way to the United States.
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