The main reason that Puritan churches were struggling in the early eighteenth century was because
a. parishioners found their theological doctrines too elaborate and sermons too tedious.
b. parishioners thought that ministers had gone too soft in their preaching.
c. church members embraced the notion of predestination.
d. they banned their predominantly female membership from any leadership positions.
e. the Anglican Church successfully competed for church members.
a
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