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Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a current mainline Protestant denomination in North America that is descended from the Campbell movement often referred to as "Disciples of Christ" Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement), a Christian group that arose during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century and later became part of the ...
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) [note 1] is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. [2] [3] The denomination started with the Restoration Movement during the Second Great Awakening, first existing during the 19th century as a loose association of churches working toward Christian unity.
In the Book of Acts, Christianity is referred to as "The Way". The NIV renders Paul's words in Acts 24:14 as "I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect." Rayburn suggests that this was a Christian self-designation, although it did not survive as a title. [3]
The Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement) were a group arising during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century. The most prominent leaders were Thomas and Alexander Campbell . The group was committed to restoring primitive Christianity .
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship.
Disciple (Christianity), a student of Jesus Christ Twelve Apostles of Jesus, sometimes called the Twelve Disciples; Seventy disciples in the Gospel of Luke; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States and Canada with roots in the Restoration Movement often referred to as "the Disciples"
The separation of the independent Christian churches and churches of Christ from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (DoC) occurred over an extended period of time. [8] The roots of the separation date back to a polarization that occurred during the early twentieth century as the result of three significant controversies. [8]
The term "disciple" represents the Koine Greek word mathētḗs (μαθητής), [3] which generally means "one who engages in learning through instruction from another, pupil, apprentice" [4] or in religious contexts such as the Bible, "one who is rather constantly associated with someone who has a pedagogical reputation or a particular set of views, disciple, adherent."