That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.

The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.

a religious organization where each congregation is recognized as a complete church in itself. The individual churches may or may not belong to a larger association.

a form of churchmanship depending on the independence and autonomy of the local gathered church, but without insis­tence on believers' baptism.

system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing

A form of church polity in which each local congregation is autonomous in all ecclesiastical matters