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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.
The group of churches known as the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ is a fellowship of congregations within the Restoration Movement (also known as the Stone-Campbell Movement and the Reformation of the 19th Century) that have no formal denominational affiliation with other congregations, but still share many characteristics of belief and worship. [3]
National City Christian Church, located on Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C., is the national church and cathedral of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). [2] The denomination grew from the Stone-Campbell Movement founded by Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell of Pennsylvania and West Virginia (then Virginia) and Barton W. Stone of Kentucky.
Members of these groups generally consider the term Campbellite inappropriate, saying that they are followers of Jesus, not Campbell. [3] [4] [5]: 85–87 [6]: 91–93 They draw parallels with Martin Luther's protest of the name Lutherans [7]: 162, 163 and the Anabaptists' protest of the name given to them by their enemies.
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) traces its roots to the Stone-Campbell Movement on the American frontier. The Movement is so named because it started as two distinct but similar movements rising from the Presbyterian Church, each without knowledge of the other, during the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century.
The International Churches of Christ (ICOC) is a body of decentralized, co-operating, religiously conservative and racially integrated Christian congregations. [6] [better source needed] [7] Originating from the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement, the ICOC emerged from the discipling movement within the Churches of Christ in the 1970s.
Alexander Campbell insisted upon "Disciples of Christ". As a result, both names were used. [5]: 27–28 [14]: 125 The confusion over names has been present ever since. [5]: 27–28 The Stone-Campbell tradition today is represented in the Churches of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). [1]
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