Congregationalism Of The Last

Author : Margaret Bendroth
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146962401X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Puritans written by Margaret Bendroth and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congregationalists, the oldest group of American Protestants, are the heirs of New England's first founders. While they were key characters in the story of early American history, from Plymouth Rock and the founding of Harvard and Yale to the Revolutionary War, their luster and numbers have faded. But Margaret Bendroth's critical history of Congregationalism over the past two centuries reveals how the denomination is essential for understanding mainline Protestantism in the making. Bendroth chronicles how the New England Puritans, known for their moral and doctrinal rigor, came to be the antecedents of the United Church of Christ, one of the most liberal of all Protestant denominations today. The demands of competition in the American religious marketplace spurred Congregationalists, Bendroth argues, to face their distinctive history. By engaging deeply with their denomination's storied past, they recast their modern identity. The soul-searching took diverse forms--from letter writing and eloquent sermonizing to Pilgrim-celebrating Thanksgiving pageants--as Congregationalists renegotiated old obligations to their seventeenth-century spiritual ancestors. The result was a modern piety that stood a respectful but ironic distance from the past and made a crucial contribution to the American ethos of religious tolerance.

Author : Henry Martyn Dexter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1116 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature written by Henry Martyn Dexter and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Martyn Dexter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1102 pages
Book Rating : 4.L2/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature written by Henry Martyn Dexter and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Martyn Dexter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature written by Henry Martyn Dexter and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Weston Patton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Century of Congregationalism written by William Weston Patton and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Leeman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433686228
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Don't Fire Your Church Members written by Jonathan Leeman and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Church membership is not just a status, it’s an office. Leaders shouldn’t fire members from the responsibilities given to them by Jesus—they should train them! When members are trained, the church grows in holiness and love, discipleship and mission. Complacency and nominalism are diminished. Jesus gives every church member an office in the church’s government: to assume final responsibility for guarding the what and the who of the gospel in the church and its ministry. Similarly, Jesus gives leaders to the church for equipping the members to do this church-building and mission-accomplishing work. In our day, the tasks of reinvigorating congregational authority and elder authority must work together. The vision of congregationalism pictured in this book offers an integrated view of the Christian life. Congregationalism is biblical, but biblical congregationalism just might look a little different than you expect. It is nothing less than Jesus’ authorization for living out his kingdom rule among a people on mission.

Author : Henry Martyn Dexter
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781347067888
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature written by Henry Martyn Dexter and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Phil A. Newton
Publisher : Kregel Academic
ISBN 13 : 9780825494789
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elders in Congregational Life (Newton) written by Phil A. Newton and published by Kregel Academic. This book was released on with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Foreword by Mark Dever) A biblically functioning church requires intentional devotion to the New Testament model of the church. In this practical book, Phil Newton gives a definitive and biblical study of elder-based leadership.

Author : Henry Martyn Dexter
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years written by Henry Martyn Dexter and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Wentworth Upham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
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Download or read book Principles of Congregationalism. The Second Century Lecture of the First Church written by Charles Wentworth Upham and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: