A report on Congregationalism in the United States
Congregationalism in the United States consists of Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition that have a congregational form of church government and trace their origins mainly to Puritan settlers of colonial New England.
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Jonathan Edwards (theologian)
8 linksJonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian.
New England theology
8 linksNew England theology (or Edwardsianism) designates a school of theology which grew up among the Congregationalists of New England, originating in the year 1732, when Jonathan Edwards began his constructive theological work, culminating a little before the American Civil War, declining afterwards, and rapidly disappearing after the year 1880.
First Great Awakening
6 linksSeries of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.
Series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.
In the American colonies the Awakening caused the Congregational and Presbyterian churches to split, while it strengthened both the Methodist and Baptist denominations.
United Church of Christ
5 linksThe United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Calvinist, Lutheran, and Anabaptist traditions, and with approximately 4,800 churches and 773,500 members.
Congregational church
4 linksCongregational churches (also Congregationalist churches; Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches; Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
Congregationalism in the United States traces its origins to the Puritans of New England, who wrote the Cambridge Platform of 1648 to describe the autonomy of the church and its association with others.
Puritans
5 linksThe Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.
The New England Congregationalists were also adamant that they were not separating from the Church of England.
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
3 linksThe National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (NACCC) is an association of about 400 churches providing fellowship for and services to churches from the Congregational tradition.
Half-Way Covenant
3 linksThe Half-Way Covenant was a form of partial church membership adopted by the Congregational churches of colonial New England in the 1660s.
Evangelicalism in the United States
3 linksMovement among Protestant Christians who believe in the necessity of being born again, emphasize the importance of evangelism, and affirm traditional Protestant teachings on the authority as well as the historicity of the Bible.
Movement among Protestant Christians who believe in the necessity of being born again, emphasize the importance of evangelism, and affirm traditional Protestant teachings on the authority as well as the historicity of the Bible.
Within their Congregational churches, Puritans promoted experimental or experiential religion, arguing that saving faith required an inward transformation.
Unitarianism
3 linksNontrinitarian Christian theological movement that believes that the God in Christianity is one singular person.
Nontrinitarian Christian theological movement that believes that the God in Christianity is one singular person.
A theological battle with the Congregational Churches resulted in the formation of the American Unitarian Association at Boston in 1825.