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Members of the church of Christ do not conceive of themselves as a new church started near the beginning of the 19th century. Rather, the whole movement is designed to reproduce in contemporary times the church originally established on Pentecost, A.D. 33. The strength of the appeal lies in the restoration of Christ's original church.
The churches are independent congregations and typically go by the name "Christian Church", but often use the name "Church of Christ" as well. Though isolated exceptions may occur, it is generally agreed within the movement that no personal or family names should be attached to a congregation which Christ purchased and established with his own blood, though geographical labels are acceptable.
His father was a Baptist and his mother was a member of the church of Christ. Two of his younger brothers, W. L. "Jack" Howard and Alton Hardy Howard , were the co-founders in 1946 of Howard Brothers Jewelry and in 1959 the chain store , Howard Brothers Discount Stores , based in Monroe , where Jack Howard was the mayor from 1956 to 1972 and ...
The Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. is a denomination of Christianity aligned with the holiness movement. The body is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2010, there were 14,000 members in 154 churches. [1] The denomination traces its history to its founder Charles Price Jones, a minister who had embraced Holiness Methodist doctrine. [2]
He served there until he returned to Detroit in 1951. Upon returning, he served at an integrated church, St. Mark's Community Church (United Presbyterian Church of North America) mission. However, some of the white leaders of the church disagreed with the way Cleage was leading his Black congregation. In 1953, Cleage and group of followers left ...
In the only book written about this group they are called the Church of Christ, Instrumental or Kelleyites.Elder E. J. Lambert, a Primitive Baptist minister who was raised among this body, and whose father was a minister of the Church of Christ, Instrumental, in his autobiography consistently refers to them as the Church of Christ (Kelly Division of Missionary Baptists). [1]