Congregationalists in America
Author : Albert Elijah Dunning
Publisher :
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Congregational churches
ISBN :
Author : Albert Elijah Dunning
Publisher :
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Congregational churches
ISBN :
Author : Mark Chaves
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0674029445
More Americans belong to religious congregations than to any other kind of voluntary association. What these vast numbers amount to--what people are doing in the over 300,000 churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples in the United States--is a question that resonates through every quarter of American society, particularly in these times of "faith-based initiatives," "moral majorities," and militant fundamentalism. And it is a question answered in depth and in detail in Congregations in America. Drawing on the 1998 National Congregations Study--the first systematic study of its kind--as well as a broad range of quantitative, qualitative, and historical evidence, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the most significant form of collective religious expression in American society: local congregations. Among its more surprising findings, Congregations in America reveals that, despite the media focus on the political and social activities of religious groups, the arts are actually far more central to the workings of congregations. Here we see how, far from emphasizing the pursuit of charity or justice through social services or politics, congregations mainly traffic in ritual, knowledge, and beauty through the cultural activities of worship, religious education, and the arts. Along with clarifying--and debunking--arguments on both sides of the debate over faith-based initiatives, the information presented here comprises a unique and invaluable resource, answering previously unanswerable questions about the size, nature, make-up, finances, activities, and proclivities of these organizations at the very center of American life.
Author : Margaret Bendroth
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 146962401X
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 : Jonathan Leeman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 15,23 MB
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433686228
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 : Albert Elijah Dunning
Publisher :
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Congregational churches
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 32,24 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Boston (Mass. )
ISBN :
Author : Phil A. Newton
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release :
Category : Baptists
ISBN : 9780825494789
(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 : Diana S. Richmond Garland
Publisher :
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 14,87 MB
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Church and social problems
ISBN : 9780971531888
Author : Robert William Dale
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 30,49 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Church history
ISBN :
Author : B. Hunter Farrell
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 31,25 MB
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1514000695
North American congregations face a deepening crisis of consumer-oriented "selfie missions" and practices based on colonial-era assumptions. Seeking to free congregational mission from harmful cultural forces, this book helps churches better partner with God's work in the world, offering the latest research and practical, step-by-step tools for churches.