What is Congregational church?
[[File:Windsor Congregational Church.JPG|thumb]] '''Congregationalism''' is a way to organize [[Christianity|Christian]] (usually [[Protestantism|Protestant]]) churches. With Congregationalism, each church or community has a lot of autonomy. [[Anabaptist]], [[Baptist]], and [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] movements are often organised this way. It is different from [[Presbyterianism|Presbyteranism]], where a number of elders govern the churches, and from Episcopalism, where a number of [[Bishop|bishops]] govern the churches. Originally, Congregationalism was part of the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] church, who took some of the teachings of [[John Calvin|Jean Calvin]] and [[Huldrych Zwingli]], in the 16th and 17th century. Those who wanted congregationalism usually were [[Puritanism|Puritans]]. [[Category:Christian movements and denominational families]] {{religion-stub}}