jan 1, 1662 - Puritans' Half- Way Covenant

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Some Puritan leaders were understandably worried about their soci­ety’s growing commercialization. By 1650, less than half the population of Boston had become full church members, which forced Puritan leaders to deal with the religious status of the third generation. The Half-Way Covenant of 1662 tried to address this problem by allowing for the baptism of and a kind of “half-way” membership for grandchildren of those who emigrated during the Great Migration. But church membership continued to stagnat

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