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The Churches of Christ arose in the United States from the Restoration Movement of 19th-century Christians who declared independence from denominations and traditional creeds. They sought "the unification of all Christians in a single body patterned after the original church described in the New Testament." [13]: 54.
The first, driven by Barton W. Stone started at Cane Ridge, Kentucky and named themselves solely as "Christians". The second started in western Pennsylvania and was headed by Thomas Campbell and his son, Alexander Campbell. They adopted the name "Disciples of Christ".
They developed from various religious movements in the United States in the early 19th century, especially those led by Barton W. Stone in Kentucky and Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. These men had all been Presbyterians.
Church of Christ (Latter-day Saints) – the original church founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 6, 1830. Pure Church of Christ – First schismatic sect in the Latter Day Saint movement, this denomination was organized in 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio, by Wycam Clark and Northrop Sweet and is now extinct.
Sadly, three church names emerged from their efforts: Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, and Christian Church. So much for giving up formal designations! Tracing backwards through the history, we see Stone and the Campbells influenced by their Presbyterian (Calvinist) education.
In 1811, Alexander began pastoring Bull Run Church, a group of Presbyterian refugees. The birth of his first child led him to reconsider his views on infant baptism.
Churches of Christ emerged in the first major division of the Stone-Campbell Movement at the end of the nineteenth century as those who maintained a strict understanding of the directives and silences of the Bible.