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06/05/2026
Save the date to join our friends at Old South Church in Boston for the world premiere of “Declarations” on Saturday, June 27th at 7 pm EDT. You can read more about the event and purchase tickets online at https://www.ensemblealtera.com/tickets.
05/29/2026
Thinking back to last Friday when our reading room was filled with great conversation during our May collections tour and excellent cake to celebrate the CLA's 173rd birthday! (Just not at the same time. Food and archival materials should never mix!)
Buying Christian books in a 19th-century slave insurance office? This troubling intersection was just one piece of Dr. Sonia Hazard’s full book talk on how the American Tract Society built a massive 19th-century mass media empire.
Explore her fascinating discussion of the broader history of print, power, & culture in the full book talk, now available on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Bu11Sz-0xF4
05/27/2026
Join us June 3rd at 1 pm EDT for a virtual conversation about the World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship's work with evangelical Congregational associations and churches around the world.
Registration is free and open to all via our website: https://congregationallibrary.org/events/standing-shoulders-giants
It’s our 173rd birthday! 🎂 To celebrate, we’re unwrapping some history. In this clip from our “Oxford Handbook of Puritanism” program, Dr. Francis Bremer explains how Congregational church covenants quietly laid the groundwork for participatory democracy in the US.
Looking for more Congregational history? Watch our full “Oxford Handbook of Puritanism” program anytime on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/d6gLkbpeWpg
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