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Pilgrim Platform - The story of the sabotage of the Congregational churches through the Half-Way Covenant (1567 words) |
 | The Half-Way Covenant was an attempt by New England Puritans to confront a... |
| HALF-WAY COVENANT [Half-Way Covenant] a doctrinal decision of the Congregational... |
| The Halfway Covenant attempted to reduce the qualifications for baptism and membership in the church, and represents a significant downgrading of the purity of regenerate Congregationalism. |
| Timothy Edwards (4269 words) |
| His predecessor had favored what was known as the " halfway covenant," and under his ministry the Church had practically, though not formally, adopted it. |
| In 1767 he was appointed tutor at Princeton, where he remained for two years, till he became, in January 1769, pastor of the society at White Haven, Conn. Several members of his Church were advocates of the " halfway covenant," while tie, like his father, decidedly opposed it. |
| His pastorate was also disturbed by the reaction among the New England Churches that followed the extravagances that accompanied the "great awakening" of 1740'2, and by the demoralizing influences of the Revolutionary war. |
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