Question

ASAP
Why was the Halfway Covenant necessary to expand church membership? A. It included people that were not in the colony. B. The progressive ideas began to exclude the older generation. C. Membership requirements were so strict that younger generations were no longer eligible to join. D. It included indigenous people converting to Christianity.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Membership requirements were so strict that younger generations were no longer eligible to join.

Explanation:

Half-Way Covenant, religious-political solution adopted by 17th-century New England Congregationalists, also called Puritans, that allowed the children of baptized but unconverted church members to be baptized and thus become church members and have political rights.