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There is a growing trend among Southern Baptist churches to adopt an elder-based model over the traditional congregational model.

Shaker -- most of them spawned by foundering Congregationalism itself. Yet in the 1780's, the inhabitants of Hallowell could not accept such a situation as "normal": they continued to believe that ...

Such a church, they held, consists only of people who present themselves to be baptized. Congregationalism was another key belief. The Anabaptists could find no justification for elaborate church ...

She notes that Booker, before taking on his current role at Park Street, was trained in an Anglican tradition, which tends to be much more hierarchical than congregationalism. “The pastor speaks ...

Sometimes called "the father of New England Congregationalism," he was colonial Massachusetts's most eminent minister. People regarded him so highly they "could hardly believe that God would ...

This does not seem to have happened in Lancashire, and what little evidence there is points away from Congregationalism and towards a Presbyterianism more in line with the Scottish and continental ...

It boasts many architecturally and historically important features and has been described as a classic “Cathedral of Congregationalism”.

SALTAIRE United Reformed Church is regarded one of the country’s most precious Victorian architectural gems. Built in 1859, in grand Italianate design, it boasts ornate pillars and cut glass ...