Talk:Congregational church

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[edit] Notes

You might add the the Congregational Church in the UK, which was quite big (and in which I was brought up, but you needn't mention that!) merged with the Presbies and became the United Reformed Church about thirty years ago? If you are interested I can easily get the history for you. My mother is a URC elder and has the history if relevant.

BozMo

This is mentioned in the article, congregationalism. Mkmcconn 22:59, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] United Kingdom/Annibynwyr

I have corrected the name of the Annibynwyr and added an english translation, while removing the welsh translations of the two counties. I have made Annibynwyr a link. I have left the name of the organisation in welsh, as that is what it is known as, even in English - they are referred to as the Annibynwyr, probably as a throwback to before the english speaking Congs joined the URC. --JonoP 16:37, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Page Name

We'd have to examine whether we'd get into any double redirects, but shouldn't the proper name of this page be "Congregational churches" and not "Congregational church"? That is, the focus of the article seems to be on the denominational tradition, not on instances of particular congregations--and in line with purely congregationalist polity, that would correctly be "Congregational churches" since no such thing as the "Congregational Church", denominationally speaking, can exist. Emerymat 00:37, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I follow what you are saying but there are articles entitled for example, 'Ship' and 'House', though there are many ships and many houses. Also, while your point is important in understanding the thinking behind the Congregational movement, it is a thought which may have escaped the reader until he has read the article. Hence, the important thing is to be sure that it is included it in the article. The point is made under 'Origins'. I leave it to you to judge whether it could be better made. :) (RJP 10:26, 13 February 2006 (UTC))

[edit] England

Could we have a fuller account of the history of Congregationalism (both in England and New England) and an explanation here of the relationship to to the other elements of the Old Dissent, particularly, Presbyterian and Unitatarian? This is not my field and I am thus not qualified to do it myself. I note that this is a Massachusetts project, but it has wider implications. Peterkingiron 17:27, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Theological spectrum

I have removed a comment on the theological positioning (conservative -> liberal) of congregational churches as it didn't fit well with the article, and was solely related to the US.

I agree with Peterkingiron that a greater exploration of where congregationalism came from, how it related to other elements of old dissent, how it was affected by the evangelical revival in the 18th/19th centuries, and ecumenism in the 20th century, and where that has left the movement theologically today would be useful. Sjoh0050 18:35, 22 June 2006 (UTC)