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| Which reformers were the primary influences on the four UCC strands? |
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a. Evangelical = Lutheran
b. Reformed = Zwingli
c. Puritans and Congregationalists = Calvin
d. Christian church = Anabaptist |
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| What are three distinguishing characteristics of the Puritan movement? |
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Wanted to purify the Church of Catholic influence
b. Heavily Calvinist
c. The Word was central |
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| What were three different groups of Puritans – both in England and the New World? |
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a. Presbyterians
b. Conforming/non-separating (committed to staying Anglican)
c. Non-conforming/separatists (Pilgrims and Congregationalists |
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| What are the words of the first covenant agreement in the Scrooby congregation in 1606, which became the covenant of the first congregation in American Salem, MA in 1629? |
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| “to walk together in all God’s ways, made known or to be made known to us at whatever cost” |
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| The famous words that John Robinson delivered to the Pilgrims leaving Holland in 1620. |
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| “to walk together in all God’s ways, made known or to be made known to us at whatever cost” |
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| He was a non-separating Puritan. He assisted in founding the Massachusettes Bay Colony in 1629. |
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| i. She was a follower of John Cotton. Was anti-nomian, believing that moral law was of no use – faith alone was required for salvation. She gathered small groups at her house to preach and teach the mystical experience of grace. She was found to be a threat to the public order and banished to Rhode Island. |
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| He was the first black pastor ordained. He was ordained in 1852. |
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| most important figure in colonial religious history; Great Awakening of 1740s |
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| published the Herald of Gospel Liberty in 1808. He published this as the first religious newspaper. |
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| Cambridge Platform: Cambridge Synod |
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| The Plan of Union with the Presbyterians |
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| The Haystack Meetings and the Founding of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions |
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| American Missionary Association |
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| Formal organization of the National Council of Congregational Churches: Oberlin |
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| Afro-American Christian Convention – 6,000 members, 5 conferences |
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| What characterized “visible sainthood” and why was it important? |
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a. 3 stages of conversion
i. Humiliation (sorrow for sin)
ii. Justification (forgiveness by God’s mercy)
iii. Sanctification (evidence of the ability to lead a godly, moral life)
b. Full membership in Congregational churches demanded visible sainthood
c. Middle Way between Anglican emphasis on works and Antinomian grace
d. Early New England leaders could chronicle remorse and redemption |
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| Why was the Cambridge Platform important? |
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| Tempered independence with uniformity, was the definitive statement of New England Congregational polity |
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| What is the “Halfway Covenant?” |
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a. Adopted 1657 to extend membership to grandchildren of visible saints
b. Without a conversion experience, their children could not be baptized, receive communion, or be voting members of church and state
c. Most serious breach of Congregational unity in the early Colonial Period |
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| How did the Saybrook Platform shape our UCC structure and polity today? |
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| a. It emphasized the obligation of consociation, a voluntary gathering of churches to provide orderly procedure and mutual support. This was the beginnings of Associations and Conferences |
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| First Great Awakening – 1740s |
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i. Earthquake in 1727 heightened religious awareness
ii. Loss of respect and piety that accompanied the professionalism of clergy contributed to revivalism
iii. The preaching of George Whitfield and Jonathan Edwards lit a flame of religious fervor that swept across New England |
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| Second Great Awakening – 1792 – 1801 |
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i. Return to simplicity of Christian beliefs and practices
ii. Iterant evangelists and tent revivals |
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| The Burial Hill Declaration of 1865 contributed to something very important in the development of Congregational polity: what was it? |
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a. A common statement of faith was developed. It addressed the crisis of the Civil war and issued a strong call for unity.
b. It also clearly delineated the power for the Office of the Minister – setting a Congregational understanding over against the role of Presbyterian pastor who chaired the session and exercised greater authority in church governance |
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| What factors led to the development of the Social Gospel movement? |
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a. New poverty and new wealth
b. 1890 Andrew Carnegie earned 25 million dollars while his workers made less than $1000. |
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| What made the Kansas City Statement of Faith important in 1913? |
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a. It provided evidence that dogmatic Calvinism had disappeared
b. No discussion of the means of grace, original sin, or Predestiantion
c. Endorsement of a wider fellowship and an embrace of ecumenism |
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| 3 Groups and their leaders that founded the Frontier Christian Movement |
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a. Virginia Methodists – James O’Kelly
b. New England Baptsists – Abner Jones & Elias Smith
c. Kentucky Presbyterians – Barton Stone |
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| 6 Principles of the Christian Church |
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a. Christ only head of the church
b. Bible, sufficient rule of faith and practice
c. Christian character, membership ruler
d. Private judgment, interpretation, liberty
e. Named “Christian”
f. Unity of all Christ’s followers |
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| When and where did the Congregational Christian merger take place? |
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| June 27, 1931, Seattle, WA |
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| How did the two denominations differ and what were the really important gifts offered by the Frontier Christian tradition? |
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a. The differences were size, geography, and worship style
b. Important gifts were unity and diversity in balanced tension; integration of African American churches, Council for Social Action (1934); magazine “Advance” |
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