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Congregational Churches

Many of the Congregational churches not part of the United Church of Christ follow a Christian year designed to involve the worshiper with the entire message of Scripture, from Creation to eschatological fulfillment.

The Congregational churches were gathered in a protest against a church calendar cluttered with saint's days and "holy" days. Only later, after about 1860 in North America, did Congregationalists begin to observe Christmas, Easter, and other traditional festivals and seasons. In...

 

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