American Baptist Churches In The Usa

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

American Baptist congregations are free to choose their own order of worship, and so the observance of the Christian year varies among churches. In the twentieth century, many congregations have followed an American civil calendar and have combined both religious and civil observances. Since the 1960s, however, there has been a strong movement toward recovery of a more distinctly Christian calendar.

The American Baptist Churches in the USA (ABCUSA), like other Baptist denominations, is a...

 

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