Congregationalism

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Calvinist churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.

Congregational churches (also Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs. Congregationalism is estimated to represent 0.5 percent of the worldwide Protestant population.[1]

Congregationalist tradition has a presence in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and various island nations in the Pacific region.

United States

Congregational churches have had an important impact on the religious, political, and cultural history of the United States. Congregational practices concerning church governance influenced the early development of democratic institutions in New England. Many of the nation's oldest educational institutions, such as Harvard University, Bowdoin College and Yale University, were founded to train Congregational clergy.[2]



 

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Herbert Asquith12 September 185215 February 1928UK PM from 1908 1916
Warren Austin12 November 187725 December 1962
Calvin Coolidge4 July 18725 January 1933
Charles G. Dawes27 August 186523 April 1951
Howard Dean17 November 1948US politician whose 2004 campaign was involved in the 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust.
Hubert Humphrey27 May 191113 January 1978
Robert Ingersoll28 January 191422 August 2010US businessman
Otis G. Pike31 August 192120 January 2014The first congressman to battle the NSA
Harold Wilson11 March 191623 May 1995
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