General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America (Corporate Name)

New-Church messenger, June 1966, surrogate (a.e.) masthead (Official organ of the General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America)

Its Journal, no. 154, 1976, t.p. (Incorporated 1861: The General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America); p. 3 (Incorporated in Illinois. Legal office at Chicago Society of the New Jerusalem, 5710 So. Woodlawn)

NUCMC data from Swedenborg School of Religion for Its Biographical collection, 1849-[ongoing] (General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America; also known as General Convention of Swedenborgian Churches, Swedenborgian Church, General Convention, New Church, and Church of the New Jerusalem; spiritualist Christian church based on the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772); formally org. in England in 1787; Swedenborg's works intro. U.S. 1784; 1800s first church built; in 1890 group split into two: General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America and the General Church of the New Jerusalem (headquartered in Bryn Athyn, Pa.))

Dict. Christ. in Amer., 1990: p. 275 (Church of the New Jerusalem: today exists as 1. General Conference in England; 2. General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States; and 3. General Church of the New Jerusalem (which broke from the parent body in 1890))