The Last Puritans

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Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146962401X
Total Pages : 259 pages
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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.

The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature

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The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature

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The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature

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The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature

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ISBN 13 : 9781397263131
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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 Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature: With Special Reference to Certain Recondite, Neglected, or Disputed Passages; In Twelve Lectures, Delivered on the Southworth Foundation in the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass., 1876-1879; With a Bibliographical Appendix It is not the least debt which we owe unto History, that it hath made us acquainted with our dead Ancestors, and out of the depth and darkness of the Earth delivered us their Mem ory and Fame In a word, we may gather out of History a Policy no less Wise than Eter nal, by the Comparison and Application of other men's fore-passed Miseries, with our own like Errors and Ill deservings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Last Century of Congregationalism

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Don't Fire Your Church Members

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Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433686228
Total Pages : 160 pages
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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.

The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature

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ISBN 13 : 9781347067888
Total Pages : 336 pages
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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.

The Last Pastor

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ISBN 13 : 1611649757
Total Pages : 238 pages
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The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years

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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 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elders in Congregational Life (Newton)

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Publisher : Kregel Academic
ISBN 13 : 9780825494789
Total Pages : 194 pages
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Book Synopsis Elders in Congregational Life (Newton) by : Phil A. Newton

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Principles of Congregationalism. The Second Century Lecture of the First Church

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The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature

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ISBN 13 : 9780656410880
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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 Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature: With Special Reference to Certain Recondite, Neglected, or Disputed Passages It was a part of my desire - especially in the case of those older publications now grown rare - to direct the inquirer to the book itself, as well as to its title; and I have not spared effort to do this with accu racy. Down to A. D. 1700, all proof-sheets went to the British Museum and the Bodleian, to have their press-marks inserted; a convenience which I am sure will be appreciated by those who know by experience how long one - especially if on the track of an anonymous volume may wander through huge folio catalogues without. Finding the trail. Down to within one hundred years also, this list has been carefully com pared with the Yale and Harvard shelves. It should be observed, however, that while - accidents excepted the presence of any given book in the libraries named as having it, may be relied on, it is never certain that it may not also be found in collee tions to which it has failed to be credited. This, because new titles have often been inserted in the last proofs, when it was too late to send to England, or elsewhere, to ascertain whether they were in possession there or not. Nor in nearing our own time has it been felt to be so important to indicate the locality of volumes presumably common. I have been especially indebted in that department of the subject to which it is devoted, to Dr. Ezra Abbot's Literature of t/ze Doctrine ofa Future Life, published as an appendix to Rev. W. R. Alger's Critical History of Me Doctrine of a Future Life, an indebtedness which is gratefully acknowledged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Back from the Dead

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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0819228079
Total Pages : 153 pages
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Download or read book Back from the Dead written by Gerald W. Keucher and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everywhere throughout the greater church are unsustainable trends-endowments are being depleted, building maintenance deferred, congregations are aging and dwindling, and budgets are too far out-of-whack. And although there is much literature on what to do to grow congregations, little has been said about how to get those things done. In highly accessible, anecdotal prose, church management expert Gerald Keucher focuses in very practical terms on how to bring the right spirit, approach, and tactics to the work of bringing a congregation back from the edge of the abyss.

Understanding the Congregation's Authority

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ISBN 13 : 1433688905
Total Pages : 53 pages
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Download or read book Understanding the Congregation's Authority written by Jonathan Leeman and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congregational authority is less about the meetings and more about the mission. Congregationalism has a bad rap for well-known reasons: inefficient meetings, upstart members, browbeaten ministers. But biblical congregationalism isn’t so much about the meetings. It’s about empowering the whole church to promote and protect the gospel. Pastors lead and equip. Members get to work strengthening one another and pursuing Christ’s mission in the world.

Who Runs the Church?

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ISBN 13 : 0310543525
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book Who Runs the Church? written by Zondervan, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government. While many Christians can explain their church's form of rule or defend it because of its "tried and true" traditions, few people understand their church's administrative customs from a biblical perspective. Who Runs the Church? explores questions such as: What model for governing the church does the Bible provide, and is such a model given for practical or spiritual reasons? Is there room for different methods within Christianity? Or is there a right way of "doing church"? And, finally, how (and by whom) should the church be governed? Four predominant approaches to church government are presented by respected proponents: Episcopalianism - represented by Peter Toon Presbyterianism - represented by L. Roy Taylor Single-Elder Congregationalism - represented by Paige Patterson Plural-Elder Congregationalism - represented by Samuel E. Waldron As in other Counterpoints books, each view is followed by critiques from the other contributors, and its advocate then responds.

The Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism

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