with Eden Seminary. In 1946, in cooperation with three other denominations, it formed the United Andean Indian Mission, an agency that sent missionaries to Ecuador. Famous members The list includes members of United Church of Christ congregations of Evangelical and Reformed heritage. Donald Bloesch Walter Brueggemann Leon Jaworski John Williamson Nevin Reinhold Niebuhr Richard Niebuhr Philip Schaff Richard Schweiker Bud Shuster Paul Tillich Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben John Winebrenner Victor Paul Wierwille was originally a member before founding The Way International United States President Theodore Roosevelt attended Washington D.C.'s Grace Reformed Church, an Evangelical and Reformed congregation. Roosevelt originally belonged to the Reformed Church in America (RCA), a Dutch-American group. Since there were no RCA congregations in Washington, he chose Grace Reformed as perhaps the church most similar liturgically and theologically to Dutch Calvinism. References Further reading A History of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, David Dunn, et al.; Lowell H. Zuck, foreword. New York: Pilgrim Press, 1990. The Shaping of the United Church of Christ: An Essay in the History of American Christianity, Louis H. Gunnemann; Charles Shelby Rooks, ed. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1999. Builders of Our Foundations - A History of the First Evangelical Church of the Synod, Henry Bode, D.D.; Webster Groves, Missouri: self-published, 1940 United Church of Christ Christian organizations established in 1934 Former Christian denominations United Church of Christ predecessor churches