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The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) came out of the frontier revivals of 1795 to 1810.In the early 1800’s, Alexander Campbell, a leader in the Protestant Restoration Movement, along with his Father Thomas Campbell believed in the ecumenical church. As a Presbyterian Minister, Thomas Campbell was restricted by his presbytery from trying to unite scattered churches. He believed in a unity within all Christians that has no other manifesto beyond the primitive and simple gospel. In 1809, Thomas Campbell formed the Christian Association of Washington, Pa. He was joined by his son Alexander. They broke away from the Presbyterian Church but neither desired to establish a new denomination at that time. Barton Warren Stone had, similarly, broken away from the Presbyterian Church. Stone had a following known as “Christians” while Campbell’s following was sometimes known as “Campbellites” or “Disciples”. In 1832, Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell united and organized into the Christian Church. The newly formed Christian Church stressed education and founded Bethany College in West Virginia and Franklin College in Tennessee. The Christian Church also organized the American Church Publication Society in 1846 and the American Christian Missionary Society in 1849. As a progressive church, the Christian Church established the Christian Women’s Board of Missions in 1874 which assisted in the establishment of new colleges and endowed chairs in several state universities. Further, the board organized the National Benevolent Association in 1887 and the Board of Ministerial Relief in 1895. The Christian Church has Ordained Women into the Ministry since the 1870’s. The merged Christian Church grew rapidly following the Civil War and in 1906 divided over the use of instrumental music. The progressive church became known as the Disciples of Christ and the conservative group was organized as the Churches of Christ. In 1968, The Church reorganized into the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) believe in the ecumenical fellowship of all believers. We invite all believers to the Table to partake in Communion. We Celebrate communion weekly and follow full emersion baptism. There is no creed but Christ. We are Bible based church and “Where the scriptures speak, we speak; where the scriptures are silent, we are silent.”
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