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The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ is unavailable, but you can change that!

With roots in British and American endeavors to restore apostolic Christianity, the Stone-Campbell Movement drew its inspiration from the independent efforts of nineteenth-century religious reformers Barton W. Stone and the father-son team of Thomas and Alexander Campbell. The union of these two movements in the 1830s and the growth of the new body thrust it into a place of significance in early...

The Stone-Campbell Movement came into being as a result of the union in 1832 of two frontier American religious groups: the “Christians,” led by Barton W. Stone, and the “Reformers” or “disciples of Christ,” led by Alexander Campbell. The united movement was unable to decide on one name, thus in the nineteenth century members of the Stone-Campbell Movement were known variously as Christians and Disciples of Christ, and
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