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TELLING ANOTHER GENERATION, Ed. Revs. Mike Plant & Alan Tovey A symposium of papers originally written to mark the 25th Anniversary of an EFCC and as a tribute to Rev. Stan Guest, who has been closely involved in the work of an EFCC ever since its formation and retired as General Secretary of the Fellowship in 1989.	£0.50+50p p&p
SERVING AS A DEACON, Rev. John Legg "Diaconates might find it useful to supply each member with a copy ot this work", Evangelicals Now. A new revised edition is now available.	£1.95+50p p&p
EVANGELICAL & CONGREGATIONAL A brief survey of Congregational history, church order confessions of faith, the ministry, worship and sacraments includes SAVOY DECLARATION OF FAITH AND ORDER and the 1833 DECLARATION..	£5.00+90p p&p
AFTER CONVERSION - WHAT? Lionel Fletcher A reprint of the forthright and Biblical advice to new Christians by Lionel Fletcher, one of Congregationalism's foremost pastors and evangelists. This is now available at a special low price - free with every order!	FREE
CHILDREN OF THE COVENANT, Rev. John Legg The biblical basis for infant baptism.	£0.50+50p p&p
SIGNS AND SEALS OF THE COVENANT, C.G. Kirkby A Biblical review of the Doctrine of Christian Baptism. Most paedobaptists and baptists are unaware of the basis for this practice. Most paedobaptists do not know the reasons for it and do not know how to answer the objections of baptists, who consequently assume that there is no biblical basis for it at all. This book (as well as John Legg's booklet above) show that biblical paedobaptists do not need to be ashamed of their practice and can defend it from the Bible. Baptists would do well to read it in order to discover that their paedobaptist brethren base their beliefs about baptism on the teachings of the Scriptures and not tradition.	£3.50+90p p&p

Booklets of Studies Conference Papers

£2.50 each + 50p p&p

1981
The Church Meeting	Rev. Derek Swann
Robert Browne - The Morning Star of Congregationalism	Rev. Alan Tovey
John Angell James	Rev. Peter Seccombe
1982
The Christian Mind of Philip Doddridge	Rev. Dr Alan Clifford
The Origins of the London Missionary Society	Mr David Boormann
Children of the Covenant (available as a separate booklet, above)	Rev. John Legg
1983
P.T. Forsyth - Prophet of the 20th Century	Rev. H Elias
Oliver Cromwell	Mr Michael Boland
The Prayer Life of the Church	Rev. Neville Rees
1984
The Hymn Writers of English Congregationalism	Rev. Gordon Booth
John Robinson: 1575-1625	Rev. Stan Guest
RW Dale and the Nonconformist Conscience	Rev. Geraint Fielder
1985
Walter Cradock: 1605-1659	Rev. Prof. R Tudur Jones
Owen on the Mortification of Sin	Rev. Peter Golding
John Penry	Rev. Prof. R Tudur Jones
1986
Jonathan Edwards and the Phenomena of Revival	Rev. Peter Beale
An Earnest Ministry: the want of the Times	Rev. Derek Swann
Thomas Wilson	Mr Peter Collins
1987
John Cotton's Doctrine of the Church	Mr Digby L. James
Richard Davis and God's Day of Grace	Rev. Michael Plant
Lionel Fletcher - Evangelist	Rev. Bryan Jones
1988
Richard Mather and the True Use of Synods	Rev. Gwynne Evans
That Proud Independency	Rev. Alan Tovey
The Countess of Huntingdon and the Congregationalists	Rev. Gilbert Kirby
1989
The Use and Abuse of Church History	Rev. John Legg
Savoy 1833 and All That	Rev. George Hemming
Josiah Conder - Hymn Writer And Compiler	Rev. Gordon Booth
1990
David Bogue - A Man for All Seasons	Rev. John Semper
Griffith John - Founder of the Hankow Mission	Rev. Leighton James
Jonathan Edwards on the Work of the Holy Spirit	Rev. Ian Rees
1991
What Makes Churches Grow?	Mr A. Kelly
Joseph Parker - The Immortal Thor of Pulpitdom	Rev. Stan Guest
R.W. Dale - Standing Firm or Drifting Dangerously	Rev. Peter Seccombe
1992
John Cennick - Conflict and Conciliation in the Evangelical Awakening	Mr John Little
When Evolutionary Thought and Congregational Thinkers Meet	Rev. Dr Arthur Fraser
Living Stones - Our Heritage, Our Future	Rev. David Saunders
1993 SOME SEPARATISTS - THE MARTYRS OF 1593
John Penry	Rev. Prof. R. Tudur Jones
A Reforming Pair: Henry Barrow and John Greenwood	Rev. Alan Tovey
1994 PERSEVERANCE AND ASSURANCE
Sherwood, Selina and Salubrious Place	Rev. Ian Densham
John Eliot - Son of Nazeing, Apostle to the Indians	Rev. Norman Bonnett
Thomas Goodwin - His Life, Times and Quest for Assurance	Rev. Guy Davies
1995 MINISTERS AND MISSIONARIES
The Rise and Development of the London Missionary Society	Rev. Peter Beale
Thomas Haweis 1734-1820	Rev. Derek Swann
David Jones: The Angel of Llangan	Rev. Brian Higham
1996 FREEDOM AND FAITHFULNESS
From CERF to EFCC	Rev. Stan Guest
Heroes and Villains: The Controversy between John Cotton and Roger Williams concerning Freedom of Conscience	Dr Digby James
Edward Parsons - Influence from a Local Church	Rev. John Semper
1997 TOGETHER IN THE WORK OF THE LORD
The Rise and Fall of the Shropshire Congregational Union (and its Rebirth?)	Rev. Robert Pickles
William Jay: Pastor and Preacher	Rev. Philip Swann
Madagascar 1820-1840	Rev. Dr Noel Gibberd
1998 ETERNAL LIGHT, ADOPTION AND LIVINGSTONE
Thomas Binney (1798-1874)	Rev. Gordon Booth
The Doctrine of Adoption and the Preaching of Jeremiah Burroughs	Rev. Gordon Cook
David Livingstone	Rev. Dr Arthur Fraser
1999 JD JONES, LLOYD-JONES AND 1662
JD Jones of Bouremouth	Rev. Peter Williams
God's Own Testimony: The Doctrine of Assurance in the Teaching of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones	Rev. John Legg
The Great Ejection of 1662	Rev. Mervyn Neal
2000 ORIGINS, THEOLOGY AND UNITY
John Wycliffe, Father of Congregationalism?	Rev. Ian Harrison
John Owen's Evangelical Theology	Rev. Bryan Jones
Robert and James Haldane and the Quest for Evangelical Union	Dr Kenneth Brownell
2001 GRACE, 'TIS A CHARMING SOUND
At One? A History of Congregational Thinking on the Atonement	Rev. Gordon Cooke
Philip Doddridge 1702-1751: Missionary Visionary	Rev. John Hancock
Baptism in the Congregational Tradition	Rev. Neil Stewart
2002 LOVERS OF THE TRUTH OF GOD
Congregationalists and Confessions	Rev. Michael Plant
The Geneva Bible	Rev. Stan Guest
William Huntington	Rev. John Semper
2003 JONATHAN EDWARDS
Jonathan Edwards: A Father of the Modern Mission Movement	Rev. Dr Robert E Davis
Jonathan Edwards and Britain: 18th Century Trans-Atlantic Networking	Rev. Dr Robert E Davis
'What Must I Do to be Saved?' Jonathan Edwards and the Nature of True Conversion	Rev. Dr Robert E Davis
2004 REVIVAL!
Congregationalism and the 1904 Welsh Revival	Rev. Derek O. Swann
James Montgomery (1771-1854) - Sheffield's Sacred Psalmist	Rev. Cyril Aston
The Greater Excellence of the New Covenant (illustrated from the History of Keswick Congregational Church )	Rev. Eric Aldritt
2005 MISSIONARIES AND MARTYRS
John Williams (1796-1839), Apostle to Polynesia	Rev. Peter Taylor
David Picton-Jones (1861-1936)	Rev. Bryan Higham
The Faith and Courage of the Marian Martyrs	Rev. Neil Richards
2006 MEMORIES AND ADVENTURES
Congregationalism’s Boom Years	Rev. Peter Robinson
The Doctor—25 Years On	Rev. Peter Beale
The Adventure of the English Bible	Rev. David Gregson
2007 MISSIONARIES AND MARTYRS
Gilmour of Mongolia	Rev. Peter Seccombe
Bringing up children for God	Rev. David Legg
Selina Countess of Huntingdon (1707–1791): A Most Remarkable Lady	Mrs Lucy Beale
2008 Independency in Practice and Theory
Congregationalism and Spiritual Renewal in the Scottish Highlands	Rev. Dr Arthur Fraser
Congregational Independency 1689-1735: Standing firm in an age of decline	Rev. Joseph Greenald
The Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order, 1858	Rev. John Semper
2009 The Fruit of Faith
Andrew Reed (1768-1862): Preaching, Pastoral Work, and Social Concern	Rev. Dr Ian Shaw
The Cambridge Platform (1649)	Rev. Gordon Cooke
Robert Morrison (1782-1834), first Protestant missionary to China	Dr Tony Lambert

Tapes/CDs are available of papers from 1989 onwards at £3.50 per study or £10.00 per set of three (including postage & packing).

Other books on Congregationalism available from EFCC:

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP or
THE CHURCH MEMBER'S GUIDE

John Angell James
Published by Quinta Press

James was the minister of Carr's Lane Congregational Church, Birmingham. He wrote this book to encourage his members and fellow believers to act towards each other in a biblical manner. Issues dealt with are relations of members to their pastors, to each others and to members of other churches. This edition has been edited and abridged in modern language making it more accessible to modern readers (references to church members' treatment of their domestic servants has been removed!). This little guide would be ideal for churches to study together and seek to help each other to put the principles contained herein (which the author believes to be biblical).

Why not ... this coming autumn study this book together in your church, with a view to improving the quality of church life? This attractively produced booklet will prove a first class guide. Its study could revolutionise your church's life, and give new vision for the future.
Derek Swann

£3.75+50p p&p

MANUAL OF CONGREGATIONAL PRINCIPLES

R.W. Dale
Published by Quinta Press

Dale was the minister of Carr's Lane Congregational Church, Birmingham (co-pastor and then successor to John Angell James), and wrote this Manual in 1884. It has become the clearest statement of Congregational principles of church government. Congregationalists should read this book to discover why their churches are organised as they are and members of churches of a different order should read this to discover why Congregationalists organise their churches as they do. Baptists will find much to agree with. Anglicans/Episcopalians will discover (in a lengthy appendix based on the work of Bishop Lightfoot) why Congregationalists consider the episcopal system system of church government to be unbiblical and the congregational system to be that of the New Testament church.

Two things spoil Dale's work. His belief in "Christian Universalism" and his belief in indiscriminate baptism. A new appendix shows up these errors and points to the true Congregational view.

£13.00+£1.95 p&p

THE ATONEMENT

R.W. Dale
Published by Quinta Press

One of the classic works on the Atonement, Dale's book has been very influential over the years. His aim is to discover what the Bible has to say on the subject and shows that then current views (which are still held by many today) have no basis in Scripture. Jesus did not die merely as an example of self-giving love but as a sacrifice for the sins of guilty sinners to make them acceptable to God.

This was one of the volumes read by Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones in 1929 which directed him towards the significance of the Cross of Christ in Gospel preaching.

£22.50+£3.35 p&p

VISIBLE SAINTS: THE CONGREGATIONAL WAY: 1640-1660

Geoffrey F. Nuttall
Published by Quinta Press

This is a second edition of this highly regarded historical study of the significant years in the growth of the Congregational system of church government. The author has taken the opportunity to make several corrections in the text and include reference to scholarly work published since 1957.

£25.00+£3.75 p&p

STUDIES IN ENGLISH DISSENT

Geoffrey F. Nuttall
Published by Quinta Press

A collection of many of this eminent Congregational historians articles published since 1943 looking at various aspects of Dissenting church history, especially that relating to Congregationalism.

£30.00+£4.50 p&p

WANDERING PILGRIMS

E.S. Guest

A brief history of Congregationalism from the time of the Reformation to the present day.

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Publications

Publications Secretary : Rev. John Semper

To order publications contact:

The EFCC Office, PO Box 34, BEVERLEY, East Yorkshire, England, HU17 0YY

Telephone/Fax: (44) 01482 860324

A 30% discount is available to bookshops.

TELLING ANOTHER GENERATION, Ed. Revs. Mike Plant & Alan Tovey

£0.50+50p p&p

SERVING AS A DEACON, Rev. John Legg

£1.95+50p p&p

EVANGELICAL & CONGREGATIONAL

£5.00+90p p&p

AFTER CONVERSION - WHAT? Lionel Fletcher

FREE

CHILDREN OF THE COVENANT, Rev. John Legg

£0.50+50p p&p

SIGNS AND SEALS OF THE COVENANT, C.G. Kirkby

£3.50+90p p&p

Booklets of Studies Conference Papers

£2.50 each + 50p p&p

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1989

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1991

1992

1993

SOME SEPARATISTS - THE MARTYRS OF 1593

1994

PERSEVERANCE AND ASSURANCE

1995

MINISTERS AND MISSIONARIES

1996

FREEDOM AND FAITHFULNESS

1997

TOGETHER IN THE WORK OF THE LORD

1998

ETERNAL LIGHT, ADOPTION AND LIVINGSTONE

1999

JD JONES, LLOYD-JONES AND 1662

2000

ORIGINS, THEOLOGY AND UNITY

2001

GRACE, 'TIS A CHARMING SOUND

2002

LOVERS OF THE TRUTH OF GOD

2003

JONATHAN EDWARDS

2004

REVIVAL!

2005

MISSIONARIES AND MARTYRS

2006

MEMORIES AND ADVENTURES

2007

MISSIONARIES AND MARTYRS

2008

Independency in Practice and Theory