St John's Evangelical & Reformed Church

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Saint John's Evangelical and Reformed Church was a Protestant congregation founded by German-Americans that changed denominations several times throughout its history as a result of denominational mergers. Prior to 1934, it was known as St. John's Evangelical Church. In 1934 two German-American denominations (the Evangelical Church and the Reformed Church in the United States) merged and it became known as St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church. In 1957 the Evangelical and Reformed Church merged with the Congregational and Christian Churches to form the United Church of Christ and the congregation became known as St. John's United Church of Christ.

Later the congregation, like many from the Evangelical and Reformed tradition, left the United Church of Christ. The congregation also moved to the Brook Highland neighborhood where it became known as Brook Highland Community Church. Later still in 2020 the building it had built was sold to Trinity Presbyterian Church which relocated to it from Cahaba Heights.