Congregational Church

GPTKB entity
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Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:coreBelief priesthood of all believers
gptkbp:emergedIn gptkb:Puritan_movement
gptkbp:emphasizes autonomy of local congregations
gptkbp:foundedIn 16th century
gptkbp:hasConfessionOfFaith gptkb:Cambridge_Platform
gptkb:Savoy_Declaration
gptkb:Westminster_Confession_(adapted)
gptkbp:hasGovernance democratic decision-making
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Congregational Church
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:United_Church_of_Christ
gptkb:United_Reformed_Church
gptkb:Congregational_Christian_Churches
gptkb:Evangelical_and_Reformed_Church
gptkb:National_Association_of_Congregational_Christian_Churches
Independent churches
gptkbp:keyEvent gptkb:Great_Ejection_(1662)
gptkb:Mayflower_voyage
formation of United Church of Christ (1957)
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:United_Church_of_Christ
gptkb:United_Reformed_Church
gptkbp:mission gptkb:American_Board_of_Commissioners_for_Foreign_Missions
gptkb:London_Missionary_Society
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Jonathan_Edwards
gptkb:Lyman_Beecher
gptkb:Isaac_Watts
gptkb:John_Owen
gptkb:Thomas_Goodwin
gptkb:Cotton_Mather
gptkb:Increase_Mather
gptkb:Richard_Mather
gptkb:Robert_Browne
gptkb:Horace_Bushnell
John Cotton
gptkbp:opposedBy hierarchical church government
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:England
gptkbp:partOf Reformed tradition
gptkbp:policy congregationalist
gptkbp:presentIn gptkb:Australia
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:sacraments baptism
communion
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkbp:worshipStyle congregational singing
emphasis on preaching
simple liturgy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bowdoin_College
gptkb:Église_d'Inde_du_Nord
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4