Congregationalists

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1. A Protestant denomination that has roots in the Nonconformists of England. The Congregationalists are much like the Methodists in their teachings. They consider the individual congregation the basic unit of their church, and they practice baptism of infants. Most Congregationalists in the United States belong to the United Church of Christ.

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Congregationalists

While sharing the theological views of their neighbors, Baptists were often social outsiders, looked down upon by Congregationalists, Anglicans and Presbyterians.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2021

But whatever the number or percentage, there were also a wide variety of Christians in the colonies, including Congregationalists, Lutherans, Catholics, Baptists, Dutch Reformed, Quakers, Mennonites and Presbyterians.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2018

The shop’s name stems from a term of derision for the teetotaling, lecture-friendly Congregationalists who settled the town in the 1850s.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2018

Throughout the colonies, evangelicalism invigorated Baptists, Presbyterians, and, later, Methodists, while Anglicans, Quakers, and Old Light Congregationalists languished.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Among the Congregationalists, Rev. William L. Alexander is the most learned and polished.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull