Congregationalist

Congregationalist churches Congregationalist churches implement different schemes, but the officers usually have less authority than in the presbyterian or episcopalian forms.

Jonathan Mayhew, however, was a Congregationalist.

Bates originally wrote the words as a poem, "Pikes Peak", first published in the Fourth of July edition of the church periodical The Congregationalist in 1895.

Brown, Lyman Abbott, 240, 2. Abbott influenced hundreds every week though his sermons at the prestigious Plymouth Avenue Congregationalist Church.

Most Reformed churches which trace their history back to Scotland are either presbyterian or congregationalist in government.

Presbyterian polity was developed as a rejection of governance by hierarchies of single bishops ( episcopal polity ), but also differs from the congregationalist polity in which each congregation is independent.

She was able to attend a Congregationalist Sunday school where she learned to read and write.

The Colonial Missionary Society was created in 1836, and directed its efforts towards promoting Congregationalist forms of Christianity among "British or other European settlers" rather than indigenous peoples.

The congregationalist theory of independence within a union has been a cornerstone of most ecumenical movements since the 18th century.

The membership of the Assembly was heavily weighted towards the Presbyterians, but Oliver Cromwell was a Congregationalist separatist who imposed his doctrines upon them.

The URC also has a presence in Scotland, mostly of former Congregationalist Churches.