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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">First Presbyterian Church of Renton, WA Inventory<date type="inclusive"/></titleproper>
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          <addressline>300 W Hawthorne Rd</addressline>
          <addressline>Spokane, WA 99251</addressline>
          <addressline>Business Number: 509-777-4481</addressline>
          <addressline>archives@whitworth.edu</addressline>
          <addressline>http://libguides.whitworth.edu/archives</addressline>
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      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">This collection contains documents about the founding and the closing of First Presbyterian Church of Renton. Documents include church council minutes, congregational records, and information about the closing and leasing of the church and its property.</abstract>
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      <p>First Presbyterian Church of Renton was established by Reverend George F. Whitworth in 1885. This was the fifth church organized by Rev. Whitworth. He served as pastor at the church until 1899. The original church building was sold in 1924 to buy a larger church which was in turn sold in 1958 for an even larger piece of land. The church was also known as Living Faith Presbyterian Church in the 1990s.</p>
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      <p>Session minutes, church rosters, lease documents</p>
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      <p>[Item]. First Presbyterian Church of Renton PNW-25 Archives, Whitworth University (Spokane, WA).</p>
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