This video is part of a series of videos that document James Earl Danieley lecturing during the class he teaches each Winter term at Elon University called Elon: Past, Present, Future. Included in all the videos in the collection, he discusses a number of topics that relate to the history of Elon University. Specifically, in this video he discusses major topics that include: formation of religion in the United States including these denominations Reformed, Evangelical, Congregational, and Christian; John Linging served as preacher in the German Settlement in the United States from 1704-1714; first church located in Pennsylvania; Dutch Reform expands to New York state in 1752; the church educates men to be preachers; German Reformed people settle in North Carolina between 1745-1755; in 1910, there were over 300,000 German Reformed individuals speaking German with German Bibles in North Carolina; in 1931, a spirit of religious cooperation occurs in North Carolina between religions; in 1775, James O'Kelly joins the Methodist group in Michigan and Virginia as a preacher believing in "Christian Liberty;" James O'Kelly Monument on Elon's campus; conflict during the 1792 Church Conference; in 1794, James O'Kelly and Rice Haggard formed a new religion called Christian which evolved into what is now known as the United Church of Christ; James Earl Danieley preaches. Some notable names mentioned in this video include: James Earl Danieley, John Linging, James O’Kelly, Huldrych Zwingli, Mr. Bone, Franklin Asbury, Terry Powell, Mr. Wesley, Rice Haggard, and Franklin-Marshall College.