congregationalist
Parish independence supporter
A congregationalist believes that individual church congregations should govern themselves independently, without oversight from bishops or central ecclesiastical authority.
The term describes both the theological position and members of Congregationalist denominations that practice this form of church governance: As a congregationalist, she believed each local church should choose its own minister.
Clergy's worship address
- hymnReligious song of praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- communionProfound shared closeness
baptism · Lord's Supper · preaching · Bible · meetinghouse · pulpit · pew · choir
Independent management of affairs
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- local churchNearby place of worship
- independenceFreedom from external control
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
democratic · covenant · elder · deacon · church meeting · voting · voluntary association · federation
One who belongs
- parishionerMember of a congregation
- communicantOne who receives Eucharist
- adherentLoyal supporter of something
- churchgoerOne attending religious services
layperson · deacon · elder · minister · pastor · faithful · covenanted · professing
English Protestant simplifier
- CalvinistPredestination theology adherent
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- PilgrimPlymouth Colony founder
- PresbyterianElder-governed Protestant denomination
Baptist · Methodist · Independent · Predestination · Providence · Westminster
1620 colonial transport vessel
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- Massachusetts BayHistoric colony and coastal waters
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- Pilgrim Fathers1620 Massachusetts colonists
sermon
Clergy's worship address
communion · baptism · Lord's Supper · preaching · Bible · meetinghouse · pulpit · pew · choir · psalter
self-governance
Independent management of affairs
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- local churchNearby place of worship
- independenceFreedom from external control
decentralization · democratic · covenant · elder · deacon · church meeting · voting · voluntary association · federation · council
member
One who belongs
- parishionerMember of a congregation
- communicantOne who receives Eucharist
- adherentLoyal supporter of something
churchgoer · layperson · deacon · elder · minister · pastor · faithful · covenanted · professing · gathered
Puritan
English Protestant simplifier
- CalvinistPredestination theology adherent
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- PilgrimPlymouth Colony founder
Presbyterian · Baptist · Methodist · Independent · Predestination · Providence · Westminster
Mayflower
1620 colonial transport vessel
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- Massachusetts BayHistoric colony and coastal waters
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
Pilgrim Fathers · Great Awakening · English Civil War · Cromwell
congregationalistAnglican
Church of England member
bishop · prelate · Catholic · papist · episcopacy
congregationalistepiscopal
Relating to bishops
hierarchical · authoritarian · centralist · papal · top-down
congregation, congregate, congregated, congregates, congregations, congregational, disaggregate, disaggregation, disaggregated