Beliefs
What is the sacred text of the Congregational church?
The Bible
What are the two sacraments that the Congregational church practices?
Baptism, and the Lord's Supper (Communion)
Who is known as the "Father of the Congregationalists"
Robert Browne
What are the three churches we talked about in the photo slides?
Midway Congregational, Duncan Creek Congregational, and Liberty Congregational
Who is the only true leader of the Church?
Jesus
What is the importance of Christmas?
celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ
What denomination is the Church part of?
Protestant Christian
What does the cross represent in the church? And why does it not have the crucifix?
Represents the climax of the salvation story, no crucifix represents Christs rising and conquering death.
Who governs the churches?
The members
When does the celebration of Advent start?
Four Sundays before Christmas
The congregational church is a successor of 16th and 17th century what?
Puritanism
What does the crown part of the congregational cross represent?
Christs Sovereignty
What is the name for the open and independent interpretation of the Gospel and its teaching?
Non Creedal
What are candles of the four weeks of advent represent, the words that represent each candles meaning?
Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace
Why did they reject the Church of England?
Wanted representative church government
What does the cross part of the congregational church cross represent?
Suffering on the cross
What is the name of the religious commitment of the members the church to one another that connect them?
Voluntary Covenant
What are the key holidays Congregational church celebrates that were listed in the slideshow?
Easter, All Saints Day, Advent, Epiphany, Christmas, Lent and Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Good Friday
American Congregationalism started when English and Dutch separatists sailed to America to escape what?
Religious Persecution
What does the orb in three parts on the congregational cross represent?
"witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth"