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- Congregationalist_polity abstract "Congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of church governance (\"ecclesiastical polity\") in which every local church congregation is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or \"autonomous\". Its first articulation in writing is the Cambridge Platform of 1648 in New England. Among those major Protestant Christian traditions that employ congregationalism are those Congregational Churches known by the \"Congregationalist\" name that descended from the Independent wing of the Anglo-American Puritan movement of the 17th century, Quakerism, the Baptist churches, and most of the groups brought about by the Anabaptist movement in Germany that migrated to the U.S. in the late 18th century. More recent generations have witnessed also a growing number of non-denominational churches, which are most often congregationalist in their governance. In Christianity, congregationalism is distinguished most clearly from episcopal polity, which is governance by a hierarchy of bishops. But it is also distinct from presbyterian polity, in which higher assemblies of congregational representatives can exercise considerable authority over individual congregations.Congregationalism is not limited only to organization of Christian congregations; the principles of congregationalism have been inherited by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Canadian Unitarian Council. Jewish synagogues, many Sikh Gurdwaras and most Islamic mosques in the U.S. operate under congregational government, with no hierarchies.".
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- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "Congregational (parish independence) tendencies".
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- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "Separatist".
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- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "allowed local congregations greater say in their own affairs".
- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "autonomous congregations".
- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "based on the local congregation".
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- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "congregational control".
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- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "congregational in its polity".
- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "congregational independency".
- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "congregational model of polity".
- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "congregational plan".
- Congregationalist_polity wikiPageWikiLinkText "congregational polity".
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