Author: Albert Elijah DunningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Congregationalists in America
Author: Albert Elijah DunningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Congregations in America
Author: Mark ChavesPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674029445
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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.
The Last Puritans
Author: Margaret BendrothPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 146962401X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
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.
Congregationalists in America
Author: Albert Elijah DunningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Don't Fire Your Church Members
Author: Jonathan LeemanPublisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433686228
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
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.
Elders in Congregational Life (Newton)
Author: Phil A. NewtonPublisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 9780825494789
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
(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.
Congregational Social Work
Author: Diana S. Richmond GarlandPublisher:
ISBN: 9780971531888
Category : Church and social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
A Manual of Congregational Principles
Author: Robert William DalePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Congregationalist
Author: Transforming Congregational Culture
Author: Anthony B. RobinsonPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802805188
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Argues in behalf of transforming main-line congregations into "missional communities," which will give hope to declining churches in the twenty-first century.