Sentences with phrase «congregational autonomy»

They were a political grouping that led to Congregationalists, Baptists and Friends, organized to achieve congregational autonomy.

The idea of congregational autonomy was to appear much later.

The local associations appeared to exert the greatest power and threat to congregational autonomy, so the Baptists gradually nullified the power of these groups, and thereby eliminated the most effective instrument for balancing the powers of the state and national conventions in their relations with the congregations.

Rejection of churchly traditions in favor of Scripture, «the living oracles,» had quickly established the distinctive features of Disciples worship and polity: weekly communion, believer's baptism by immersion, a prominent role for the laity, and fervent regard for congregational autonomy.

Both a zealous commitment to congregational autonomy and a strong impulse toward cooperative ministry underlie the organizational history of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).

Not exact matches

A clear majority, in both groups, favored the plan; however, some within the Congregationalists argued that the union would destroy the autonomy of local congregations and thus deny the historical Congregational view of the Church.