Congregational Churches

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Congregational Church worship, while based on sixteenth-century traditions and influenced by a late nineteenth-century pattern, remains at the discretion of each congregation. The twentieth century has introduced new elements of worship. Nevertheless, there is a broad similarity of worship patterns from church to church.

Basic Forms. Freedom from imposed forms of worship and "man-made ceremonies" was the goal of sixteenth-century Congregational leaders like John Greenwood, Henry Barrow, and...

 

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