Owning Faith
Calls to conversion and discipleship invited each person to respond in freedom and responsibility—no proxies, no coercion. Agency meant that faith was heard, confessed, and acted upon by the believer.
Conversion and Discipleship
Walter Scott’s evangelism emphasized response: faith, repentance, and baptism as steps into the kingdom. Agency continued beyond conversion in weekly practices—study, song, prayer, table—where ordinary believers participated visibly.
“Faith, repentance, and baptism are the three steps into the kingdom.” — Walter Scott
Practices That Form Agency
- Congregational singing: every voice participates—no one performs for the many.
- Weekly communion: conscience-led participation in Christ’s table.
- Believer’s baptism: public, willing allegiance to Christ.
- Local discernment: congregations make decisions together as a body.
Legacy
Agency kept the movement’s reforms close to the ground—owned by people in pew and pulpit alike, across homes, schools, and congregations.