Putting the Congregation Back in Puritan Congregationalism

In January 2016, Dr. Francis Bremer gave a lecture about the role of laypeople in puritan theology during a lunch event at 14 Beacon titled "Putting the Congregation Back in Puritan Congregationalism."
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Lecture Introduction
2:05 The Role of Lay Believers at the Beginning of Congregationalism
6:48 The Importance of "Conferencing" in Congregationalism
8:50 Lay Empowerment in Congregationalism
11:18 The Impact of Lay Empowerment on Reformation
12:56 The Puritan Practice of "Gadding"
14:19 Early Congregationalist Examples of Lay Empowerment
16:22 The Impact of Dutch Congregationalists
17:41 The Laity and "The Church" in Scripture
22:45 An Example of Congregational Formation in Rotterdam
25:56 Lay Prophesying and Preaching in Congregationalism
31:47 The Importance of Lay Conversion Narratives
34:16 The Changing Views of Congregational Clergy on Lay Empowerment
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