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href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Orientation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">Mainline Protestant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Restoration_Movement" title="Restoration Movement">Restorationist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Congregationalist_polity" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist polity">Congregationalist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">General Minister<br />and President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Hord_Owens" title="Teresa Hord Owens">Teresa Hord Owens</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Associations</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Churches_Uniting_in_Christ" title="Churches Uniting in Christ">Churches Uniting in Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Churches_Together" title="Christian Churches Together">Christian Churches Together</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciples_Ecumenical_Consultative_Council" title="Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council">Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches" title="National Council of Churches">National Council of Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Convention_of_Churches_of_Christ" title="World Convention of Churches of Christ">World Convention of Churches of Christ</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">Full communion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada" title="United Church of Canada">United Church of Canada</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data">United States and Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Stone" class="mw-redirect" title="Barton Stone">Barton Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Campbell_(minister)" title="Thomas Campbell (minister)">Thomas Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Campbell_(minister)" title="Alexander Campbell (minister)">Alexander Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Scott_(clergyman)" title="Walter Scott (clergyman)">Walter Scott</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>1804: <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Presbytery" title="Springfield Presbytery">Last Will and Testament</a></li> <li>1809: <a href="/wiki/Declaration_and_Address" title="Declaration and Address">Declaration and Address</a></li> <li>1832: Union in <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li> <li>1849: <a href="/wiki/American_Christian_Missionary_Society" title="American Christian Missionary Society">General Convention</a></li> <li>1917: International Convention</li> <li>1968: <i>The Design</i> adopted</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Schism" title="Schism">Separated from</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a> (1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_churches_and_churches_of_Christ" title="Christian churches and churches of Christ">Christian churches and churches of Christ</a> (1926–1971)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Congregations</th><td class="infobox-data">3,624</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">277,864 (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.disciples.org/">www.disciples.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">mainline Protestant</a> Christian denomination in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rice1991_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rice1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The denomination started with the <a href="/wiki/Restoration_Movement" title="Restoration Movement">Restoration Movement</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening" title="Second Great Awakening">Second Great Awakening</a>, first existing during the 19th century as a loose association of churches working toward Christian unity. These slowly formed quasi-denominational structures through missionary societies, regional associations, and an international convention. In 1968, the Disciples of Christ officially adopted a denominational structure. At that time, <a href="/wiki/Christian_churches_and_churches_of_Christ" title="Christian churches and churches of Christ">a group of churches left in order to remain nondenominational</a>. </p><p>The denomination is referred to by several versions of its full name, including "<b>Disciples of Christ</b>", "<b>Disciples</b>", "<b>Christian Church</b>", and "<b>DOC</b>".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Christian Church was a charter participant in the formation of the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a> (WCC) and of the Federal Council of Churches (now the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches" title="National Council of Churches">National Council of Churches</a>), and it continues to be engaged in ecumenical conversations. </p><p>The Disciples' local churches are <a href="/wiki/Congregationalist_polity" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist polity">congregationally governed</a>. In 2008 there were 679,563 members in 3,714 congregations in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2015, this number had declined to a baptized membership of 497,423 in 3,267 congregations, of whom about 306,905 were active members, while approximately 177,000 attended Sunday services each week.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the denomination reported 380,248 members with 124,437 people in average worship attendance.<sup id="cite_ref-Disciples_stats_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Disciples_stats-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2022, membership had dropped to 277,864 members, 89,894 of whom attended worship on average.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) traces its roots to the <a href="/wiki/Restoration_Movement" title="Restoration Movement">Stone-Campbell Movement</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening" title="Second Great Awakening">Second Great Awakening</a> in the early 19th century. The first of these two groups, led by <a href="/wiki/Barton_W._Stone" title="Barton W. Stone">Barton W. Stone</a>, began at <a href="/wiki/Cane_Ridge,_Kentucky" title="Cane Ridge, Kentucky">Cane Ridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_County,_Kentucky" title="Bourbon County, Kentucky">Bourbon County, Kentucky</a>. The group called themselves simply <i>Christians</i>. The second began in western Pennsylvania and Virginia (now West Virginia), led by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Campbell_(clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Campbell (clergyman)">Thomas Campbell</a> and his son, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Campbell_(clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Campbell (clergyman)">Alexander Campbell</a>. Because the founders wanted to abandon all denominational labels, they used the biblical names for the followers of Jesus that they found in the Bible.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stone">Stone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Stone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stonebw01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Stonebw01.jpg/100px-Stonebw01.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Stonebw01.jpg/150px-Stonebw01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Stonebw01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="260" /></a><figcaption>Barton W. Stone</figcaption></figure><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/57px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/76px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> has original text related to this article: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Last_Will_and_Testament_of_The_Springfield_Presbytery" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Last Will and Testament of The Springfield Presbytery">Last Will and Testament of The Springfield Presbytery</a></b></div></div></div> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Christians_(Stone_Movement)" title="Christians (Stone Movement)">Christians (Stone Movement)</a></div> <p>In 1801, the <a href="/wiki/Cane_Ridge_Revival" title="Cane Ridge Revival">Cane Ridge Revival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> planted the seed for a movement in Kentucky and the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River Valley</a> to disassociate from <a href="/wiki/Denominationalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Denominationalism">denominationalism</a>. In 1803 Stone and others withdrew from the Kentucky Presbytery and formed the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Presbytery" title="Springfield Presbytery">Springfield Presbytery</a>. The defining event of the Stone wing of the movement was the publication of the <i>Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery</i>, at Cane Ridge, Kentucky, in 1804. "The Last Will" is a brief document in which Stone and five others announced their withdrawal from <a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterianism</a> and their intention to be solely part of the body of Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The writers appealed for the unity of all who follow Jesus, suggested the value of congregational self-governance, and lifted the Bible as the source for understanding the will of God. They denounced the use of the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Confession_of_Faith" title="Westminster Confession of Faith">Westminster Confession of Faith</a> as divisive.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon, they adopted the name "Christian" to identify their group. Thus, the remnants of the Springfield Presbytery became the Christian Church.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is estimated that the Christian Church numbered about 12,000 by 1830.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campbells">Campbells</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Campbells"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CampbellThomas.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/CampbellThomas.png/100px-CampbellThomas.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/CampbellThomas.png/150px-CampbellThomas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/CampbellThomas.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="272" /></a><figcaption>Thomas Campbell</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Disciples_of_Christ_(Campbell_Movement)" title="Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement)">Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement)</a></div> <p>Independently of Stone, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Campbell_(clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Campbell (clergyman)">Thomas Campbell</a> published the <i><a href="/wiki/Declaration_and_Address" title="Declaration and Address">Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington</a>,</i> (Pennsylvania) in 1809. In <i>The Declaration and Address,</i> he set forth some of his convictions about the church of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a>, emphasizing Christian unity and the restoration of the New Testament church. He organized the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Association_of_Washington" title="Christian Association of Washington">Christian Association of Washington</a>, not as a church but as an association of persons seeking to grow in faith.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 4, 1811, however, the Christian Association constituted itself as a congregationally governed church. With the building it then constructed at Brush Run, it became known as <a href="/wiki/Brush_Run_Church" title="Brush Run Church">Brush Run Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Campbell_young.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Alexander_Campbell_young.jpg/100px-Alexander_Campbell_young.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Alexander_Campbell_young.jpg/150px-Alexander_Campbell_young.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Alexander_Campbell_young.jpg/200px-Alexander_Campbell_young.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="320" /></a><figcaption>Young Alexander Campbell</figcaption></figure> <p>When their study of the New Testament led the reformers to begin to practice baptism by immersion, the nearby Redstone Baptist Association invited Brush Run Church to join with them for the purpose of fellowship. The reformers agreed provided that they would be "allowed to preach and to teach whatever they learned from the Scriptures."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thus began a sojourn for the reformers among the Baptists within the Redstone Baptist Association (1815–1824). While the reformers and the Baptists shared the same beliefs in baptism by immersion and congregational polity, it was soon clear that the reformers were not traditional Baptists. Within the Redstone Association, the differences became intolerable to some of the Baptist leaders, when <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Campbell_(clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Campbell (clergyman)">Alexander Campbell</a> began publishing a journal, <i>The Christian Baptist,</i> promoting reform. Campbell anticipated the conflict and moved his membership to a congregation of the <a href="/wiki/Mahoning_Baptist_Association" title="Mahoning Baptist Association">Mahoning Baptist Association</a> in 1824.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Walter_Scott_(Evangelist).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Walter_Scott_%28Evangelist%29.jpg/100px-Walter_Scott_%28Evangelist%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Walter_Scott_%28Evangelist%29.jpg/150px-Walter_Scott_%28Evangelist%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Walter_Scott_%28Evangelist%29.jpg/200px-Walter_Scott_%28Evangelist%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="742" /></a><figcaption>Walter Scott</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1827, the Mahoning Association appointed reformer <a href="/wiki/Walter_Scott_(Clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Scott (Clergyman)">Walter Scott</a> as an Evangelist. Through Scott's efforts, the Mahoning Association grew rapidly. In 1828, Thomas Campbell visited several of the congregations formed by Scott and heard him preach. The elder Campbell realized that Scott was bringing an important new dimension to the movement with his approach to evangelism.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several Baptist associations began disassociating from congregations that refused to subscribe to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Confession" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Confession">Philadelphia Confession</a>. The Mahoning Association came under attack. In 1830, the Mahoning Baptist Association disbanded. Alexander ceased publication of <i>The Christian Baptist</i>. In January 1831, he began publication of the <i><a href="/wiki/Millennial_Harbinger" title="Millennial Harbinger">Millennial Harbinger</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1832_Merger">1832 Merger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1832 Merger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SMITH_Raccoon_John.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/SMITH_Raccoon_John.jpg/100px-SMITH_Raccoon_John.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/SMITH_Raccoon_John.jpg/150px-SMITH_Raccoon_John.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/SMITH_Raccoon_John.jpg/200px-SMITH_Raccoon_John.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="312" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Restoration_Movement)" title="John Smith (Restoration Movement)">"Raccoon" John Smith</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The two groups united at High Street Meeting House, Lexington, Kentucky, with a handshake between Barton W. Stone and <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Restoration_Movement)" title="John Smith (Restoration Movement)">"Raccoon" John Smith</a>, on Saturday, December 31, 1831.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith had been chosen by those present to speak on behalf of the followers of the Campbells.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While contemporaneous accounts are clear that the handshake took place on Saturday, some historians have changed the date of the merger to Sunday, January 1, 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1832 date has become generally accepted. The actual difference is about 20 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two representatives of those assembled were appointed to carry the news of the union to all the churches: John Rogers for the Christians and "Raccoon" John Smith for the reformers. Despite some challenges, the merger succeeded.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the merger, there was the challenge of what to call the new movement. Clearly, finding a Biblical, non-sectarian name was important. Stone wanted to continue to use the name "Christians." Alexander Campbell insisted upon "Disciples of Christ". Walter Scott and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Campbell_(Restoration_movement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Campbell (Restoration movement)">Thomas Campbell</a> sided with Stone, but the younger Campbell had strong reasons and would not yield. As a result, both names were used.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Conventions">National Conventions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National Conventions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Campbell_Age_65.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Alexander_Campbell_Age_65.jpg/100px-Alexander_Campbell_Age_65.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Alexander_Campbell_Age_65.jpg/150px-Alexander_Campbell_Age_65.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Alexander_Campbell_Age_65.jpg/200px-Alexander_Campbell_Age_65.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="508" /></a><figcaption>Alexander Campbell, age 65</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1849, the first National Convention was held at Cincinnati, Ohio.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alexander Campbell had concerns that holding conventions would lead the movement into divisive denominationalism. He did not attend the gathering.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among its actions, the convention elected Alexander Campbell its President and created the <a href="/wiki/American_Christian_Missionary_Society" title="American Christian Missionary Society">American Christian Missionary Society</a> (ACMS).<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The formation of a missionary society set the stage for further "co-operative" efforts. By the end of the century, the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Christian_Missionary_Society" title="Foreign Christian Missionary Society">Foreign Christian Missionary Society</a> and the Christian Women's Board of Missions were also engaged in missionary activities. Forming the ACMS did not reflect a consensus of the entire movement. Sponsorship of missionary activities became a divisive issue. In the succeeding decades, for some congregations and their leaders, co-operative work through missionary societies and the adoption of instrumental music in church worship was straying too far from their conception of the early church. After the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, the schism grew. While there was no disagreement over the need for <a href="/wiki/Evangelism" title="Evangelism">evangelism</a>, many believed that missionary societies were not authorized by scripture and would compromise the autonomy of local congregations.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_of_the_Stone-Campbell_Movement:_Missionary_Societies_Controversy_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_the_Stone-Campbell_Movement:_Missionary_Societies_Controversy-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This became one important factor leading to the separation of the <a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a> from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_of_the_Stone-Campbell_Movement:_Missionary_Societies_Controversy_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_the_Stone-Campbell_Movement:_Missionary_Societies_Controversy-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Journals">Journals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Journals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the beginning of the movement, the free exchange of ideas among the people was fostered by the journals published by its leaders. Alexander Campbell published the <i><a href="/wiki/Christian_Baptist" title="Christian Baptist">Christian Baptist</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Millennial_Harbinger" title="Millennial Harbinger">Millennial Harbinger</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Barton_W._Stone" title="Barton W. Stone">Barton W. Stone</a> published the <i><a href="/wiki/Christian_Messenger" title="Christian Messenger">Christian Messenger</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a respectful way, both men routinely published the contributions of others whose positions were radically different from their own.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Campbell's death in 1866, journals continued to keep the discussion and conversation alive. Between 1870 and 1900, two journals emerged as the most prominent. The <i><a href="/wiki/Christian_Standard" title="Christian Standard">Christian Standard</a></i> was edited and published by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Errett" title="Isaac Errett">Isaac Errett</a> of Cincinnati. The <i>Christian Evangelist</i> was edited and published by J. H. Garrison from St. Louis. The two men enjoyed a friendly rivalry, and kept the dialog going within the movement.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A third journal became part of the conversation with the publication in 1884 of <i>The Christian Oracle</i>, later to become <i><a href="/wiki/The_Christian_Century" title="The Christian Century">The Christian Century</a></i>, with an interdenominational appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1914, Garrison's Christian Publishing company was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Long" title="Robert A. Long">R. A. Long</a>, who then established a non-profit corporation, "The Christian Board of Publication" as the Brotherhood publishing house.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Division">First Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: First Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1906, the U.S. Religious Census listed Churches of Christ for the first time as a group that was separate and distinct from the Disciples of Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the division had been growing for years, with published reports as early as 1883.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most obvious distinction between the two groups was the Churches of Christ rejecting the use of musical instruments in worship. The controversy over musical instruments began in 1860, when some congregations introduced organs, traditionally associated with wealthier, denominational churches. More basic were the underlying approaches to Biblical interpretation. The Churches of Christ <a href="/wiki/Regulative_principle_of_worship" title="Regulative principle of worship">permitted only those practices</a> found in accounts of New Testament worship. They could find no <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> documentation of the use of instrumental music in worship. The Disciples, by contrast, <a href="/wiki/Normative_principle_of_worship" title="Normative principle of worship">considered permissible any practices</a> that the New Testament did not expressly forbid.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While music and the approach to missionary work were the most visible issues, there were also some deeper ones. The process that led to the separation had begun prior to the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Brotherhood">The Brotherhood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The Brotherhood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 20th century, a central point of conflict for the remaining Christian Churches was cooperative missionary efforts, both nationally and internationally. Several missionary societies had already been established, and the congregations that contributed to these societies and attended the national convention became known as "cooperative" and began referring to the larger grouping of these congregations as "the Brotherhood." In 1917 the National Convention became the International Convention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) with the incorporation of Canadian Disciples.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1920, three separate missionary societies merged into the United Christian Missionary Society in 1920, which undertook missions work both in the "homeland" and abroad. Over the next fifty years, the UCMS was the largest agency of the Brotherhood. The National Benevolent Association was also established during the early 20th century as a social services ministry providing assistance to orphans, the elderly and the disabled.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The congregations that did not participate were known as "independents." Until the cooperative churches underwent the process of restructure in the 1960s, the cooperatives and independents coexisted together under the same identity, but were following different paths by the 1940s, with the independents forming the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Christian_Convention" title="North American Christian Convention">North American Christian Convention</a> in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While issues of ecclesiology were at the forefront of the growing division, theological issues also divided the two groups, with the cooperative churches largely adopting the new methods of <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Biblical</a> analysis developed in the late 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restructure">Restructure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Restructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, it became obvious that the organizations that had been developed in previous decades no longer effectively met the needs of the postwar era.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a number of discussions throughout the 1950s, the 1960 International Convention of Christian Churches adopted a process to "restructure" the entire organization.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Commission on Restructure, chaired by Granville T. Walker, held its first meeting on October 30 & November 1, 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1968, the International Convention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) adopted the commission's proposed <i>Provisional Design of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon <i>The Provisional Design</i> became <i>The Design.</i><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Brotherhood's adoption of <i>The Design</i> made the earlier split between the cooperative and independent churches official. Under <i>The Design</i>, all churches in the 1968 yearbook of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) were automatically recognized as part of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In the years that followed, many of the Independent Christian Church Congregations requested formal withdrawal from the yearbook. Many of those congregations were already part of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Christian_Convention" title="North American Christian Convention">North American Christian Convention</a>; this group would become known as the <a href="/wiki/Christian_churches_and_churches_of_Christ" title="Christian churches and churches of Christ">Christian churches and churches of Christ</a> and became the third primary group of the Stone-Campbell Movement.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Logo">Logo</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Logo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1971, the General Assembly adopted a logo for the denomination. The logo depicts a red <a href="/wiki/Chalice" title="Chalice">chalice</a> with a white <a href="/wiki/Saltire" title="Saltire">St. Andrew's Cross</a>. Symbolically the chalice is said to represent the Lord's Supper, which is central to Disciples practice, and the cross of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">St. Andrew</a> is said to represent the denomination's roots in Scottish Presbyterian and the ministry of all people. The logo was designed by Ronald E. Osborn who drew the logo with a red pen, leading to the red color of the logo, and refined by Bruce Tilsley. The logo can be used by all Disciples congregations, ministries, and other affiliated institutions and provides clarity among confusion from the "Christian Church" moniker many Disciple and non-Disciple congregations use.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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margin-top:0; position:relative"><span style="position:relative; top:0.25em; left:-1.5px">↓</span><span style="font-size:90% ;position:relative; line-height:3px; overflow:visible;left:0em; top:0em; z-index:996"><a href="/wiki/International_Churches_of_Christ" title="International Churches of Christ">ICoC</a> formalize split</span></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:2em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:1.7857142857143%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;text-align:left;left:0.5em; font-size:85%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Turquoise;width:12.5%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; 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top:0.25em;text-align:left;left:0.5em; font-size:85%;"><i>International Convention</i></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Coral;width:25%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;text-align:left;left:0.5em; font-size:85%;"><i>General Assembly</i></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:2em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:1.7857142857143%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Turquoise;width:12.5%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:PeachPuff;width:7.5892857142857%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:lightsalmon;width:31.25%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:95%;"><a href="/wiki/American_Christian_Missionary_Society" title="American Christian Missionary Society">American Christian Missionary Society</a></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:lightcoral;width:21.875%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"><b>Christian Churches (DoC)</b></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Coral;width:25%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Christian Church</a></b></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:2em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:1.7857142857143%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Turquoise;width:12.5%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:PeachPuff;width:18.75%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:salmon;width:20.089285714286%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:95%;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Woman%27s_Board_of_Missions" title="Christian Woman's Board of Missions">Chr. Woman's Board of Missions</a></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:lightcoral;width:21.875%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:95%;">United Christian Missionary Soc.</div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Coral;width:25%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">(Disciples of Christ)</a></b></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:2em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:1.7857142857143%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Turquoise;width:12.5%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"><b><a href="/wiki/Christians_(Stone_Movement)" title="Christians (Stone Movement)">Christians</a></b></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:PeachPuff;width:19.642857142857%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:lightsalmon;width:19.196428571429%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:95%;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Christian_Missionary_Society" title="Foreign Christian Missionary Society">Foreign Chr. Missionary Soc.</a></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:lightcoral;width:21.875%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Coral;width:25%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:2em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:1.7857142857143%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Turquoise;width:12.5%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:peachpuff;width:37.946428571429%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:sandybrown;width:23.214285714286%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:95%;"><b>Nat'l Christian Missionary Conv.</b></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Coral;width:24.553571428571%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:5em;;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:1.7857142857143%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Turquoise;width:12.5%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:PeachPuff;width:60.714285714286%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Gold;width:25%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:2em;; font-size:100%;"><b><a href="/wiki/Christian_churches_and_churches_of_Christ" title="Christian churches and churches of Christ">Christian churches and<br />churches of Christ</a></b></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:3em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:4.0178571428571%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; 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text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:4.0178571428571%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;text-align:left;left:0.5em; font-size:85%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:LightGreen;width:10.267857142857%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;text-align:left;left:0.5em; font-size:85%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:PeachPuff;width:42.410714285714%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;text-align:left;left:0.5em; font-size:85%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Gold;width:43.303571428571%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;text-align:left;left:0.5em; font-size:85%;"><i><a href="/wiki/North_American_Christian_Convention" title="North American Christian Convention">North American Christian Convention</a></i></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:6em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:4.0178571428571%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:LightGreen;width:10.267857142857%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:1em;; font-size:100%;"><b><a href="/wiki/Disciples_of_Christ_(Campbell_Movement)" title="Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement)">Disciples</a></b></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:PeachPuff;width:33.035714285714%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:LightSkyBlue;width:52.678571428571%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:2.5em;; font-size:100%;"><b><a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a></b></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:2em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:4.0178571428571%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:LightGreen;width:10.267857142857%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:PeachPuff;width:33.035714285714%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:LightSkyBlue;width:38.839285714286%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Plum;width:13.839285714286%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"><b><a href="/wiki/International_Churches_of_Christ" title="International Churches of Christ">ICoC</a></b></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:2em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:4.0178571428571%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:LightGreen;width:10.267857142857%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:PeachPuff;width:33.035714285714%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:LightSkyBlue;width:38.839285714286%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Plum;width:5.8035714285714%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:LightPink;width:8.0357142857143%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0.25em;; font-size:100%;"><b><a href="/wiki/International_Christian_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="International Christian Churches">ICC</a></b></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%;max-width:100%;border-top:0.1em solid black;height:1em;"></div><div id="Scale" style="clear:both;position:relative;top:-1.4em;left:-0.2em;width:100%;padding:0;height:2.5em"><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1800</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1820</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1840</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1860</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1880</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1900</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1920</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1940</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1960</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1980</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:8.9285714285714%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">2000</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:0%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">2020</div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:left;"></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beliefs_and_practices">Beliefs and practices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Beliefs and practices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a congregational denomination, each Disciples congregation determines the nature of its worship, study, Christian service, and witness to the world. Through belief in the <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_of_all_believers" title="Priesthood of all believers">priesthood of all believers</a>, Disciples also practice freedom of interpretation among its members, with only <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a> and confession of Christ as Lord required. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doctrine_and_interpretation">Doctrine and interpretation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Doctrine and interpretation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style=";"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="">Preamble</div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>As members of the Christian Church, <br /> We confess that Jesus is the Christ, <br />the Son of the living God, <br />and proclaim him Lord and Savior of the world. <br />In Christ's name and by his grace <br />we accept our mission of witness <br />and service to all people. <br />We rejoice in God, <br />maker of heaven and earth, <br />and in God's covenant of love <br />which binds us to God and to one another. <br />Through baptism into Christ <br />we enter into newness of life <br />and are made one with the whole people of God. <br />In the communion of the Holy Spirit <br />we are joined together in discipleship <br />and in obedience to Christ. <br />At the Table of the Lord <br />we celebrate with thanksgiving <br />the saving acts and presence of Christ. <br />Within the universal church <br />we receive the gift of ministry <br />and the light of scripture. <br />In the bonds of Christian faith <br />we yield ourselves to God <br />that we may serve the One <br />whose kingdom has no end. <br />Blessing, glory, and honor <br />be to God forever. Amen. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">The Design of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)</cite></p> </div> <p>Early members of the Stone-Campbell Movement adopted the slogan "In essentials, Unity; In non-essentials, Liberty; and in all things, Charity."<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For modern disciples the one essential is the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and obedience to him in baptism.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no requirement to give assent to any other statement of belief or creed. Nor is there any official interpretation of the Bible.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hierarchical doctrine was traditionally rejected by Disciples as human-made and divisive, and subsequently, freedom of belief and scriptural interpretation allows many Disciples to question or even deny beliefs common in doctrinal churches such as the Incarnation, the Trinity, and the Atonement. Beyond the essential commitment to follow Jesus, there is a tremendous freedom of belief and interpretation. As the basic teachings of Jesus are studied and applied to life, there is the freedom to interpret Jesus' teaching in different ways. As would be expected from such an approach, there is a wide diversity among Disciples in what individuals and congregations believe. It is not uncommon to find individuals who seemingly hold diametrically opposed beliefs within the same congregation affirming one another's journeys of faith as sisters and brothers in Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modern Disciples reject the use of creeds as "tests of faith", that is, as required beliefs, necessary to be accepted as a follower of Jesus. Although Disciples respect the great creeds of the church as informative affirmations of faith, they are never seen as binding. Since the adoption of The Design of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ),<sup id="cite_ref-The_Design_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Design-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1968, Disciples have celebrated a sense of unity in reading the preamble to the Design publicly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Worship_and_Communion">Worship and Communion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Worship and Communion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most congregations sing hymns, read from the Old and New Testaments, hear the word of God proclaimed through sermon or other medium and extend an invitation to become Christ's Disciples. </p><p>Most Disciple congregations practice weekly celebrations of the <a href="/wiki/Open_Communion" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Communion">Lord's Supper</a>, often referred to by Disciples as Communion, as an integral part of worship.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through the observance of Communion, individuals are invited to acknowledge their faults and sins, to remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, to remember their baptism, and to give thanks for God's redeeming love.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because Disciples believe that the invitation to the table comes from Jesus Christ, Communion is <a href="/wiki/Open_communion" title="Open communion">open</a> to all who confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, regardless of their denominational affiliation.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baptism">Baptism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Baptism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most Disciple congregations practice <a href="/wiki/Believer%27s_baptism" title="Believer's baptism">believer's baptism</a> in the form of <a href="/wiki/Immersion_baptism" title="Immersion baptism">immersion</a>, believing it to be the form used in the New Testament. The experiences of yielding to Christ in being buried with him in the waters of baptism and rising to a new life have profound meaning for the church.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While most congregations exclusively practice baptism by immersion, Disciples also accept other forms of baptism including <a href="/wiki/Infant_baptism" title="Infant baptism">infant baptism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ecumenical_efforts">Ecumenical efforts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ecumenical efforts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style=";"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"The church of Christ upon earth is essentially, intentionally, <br />and constitutionally one; consisting of all those in every place <br />that profess their faith in Christ and obedience to him in all things." </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Campbell_(clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Campbell (clergyman)">Thomas Campbell</a> — Proposition 1 of the <a href="/wiki/Declaration_and_Address" title="Declaration and Address">Declaration and Address</a></cite></p> </div> <p>The Disciples celebrate their oneness with all who seek God through Jesus Christ, throughout time and regardless of location. In local communities, congregations share with churches of other denominations in joint worship and in community Christian service. Ecumenical cooperation and collaboration with other Christian Communions has long been practiced by the Regions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At the General Church level, the Christian Unity and Interfaith Ministries Unity (CUIM)<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> coordinates the ecumenical and interfaith activities of the church. The Disciples continues to relate to the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches" title="National Council of Churches">National Council of Churches</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Council_of_Churches" title="Canadian Council of Churches">Canadian Council of Churches</a>, both of which it was a founding member. It shares in the dialog and in the theological endeavors of the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>. The Disciples has been a full participant in the Consultation on Church Union since it began in the 1960s. It continues to support those ongoing conversations which have taken on the title <a href="/wiki/Churches_Uniting_in_Christ" title="Churches Uniting in Christ">Churches Uniting in Christ</a>. </p><p>The Disciples have two full communion partners: the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a>, since 1989, and the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada" title="United Church of Canada">United Church of Canada</a>, since 2019. These three denominations all share mutual full communion with each other.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CUIM describes these partnerships as the proclamation of "mutual recognition of their sacraments and ordained ministry." Ordained Disciple ministers are able to directly serve in the United Church of Christ without having to seek additional qualifications.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, the Disciples combined their overseas ministries with the United Church of Christ in 1996. Known as Global Ministries, it is a common agency of both denominations with a joint staff and is a continuance of decades of cooperative work in global missions.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the Disciples of Christ and United Church of Canada have entered full communion, the recentness of the agreement means that the provisions for mutual recognition of clergy are not yet finalized and adopted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ordained_ministry">Ordained ministry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ordained ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Disciples believe in the priesthood of all believers, in that all people baptized are called to minister to others with diverse spiritual gifts. The Disciples view their Order of Ministry as a specific subset of all believers who are called with spiritual gifts specifically suited for pastoral ministry.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Congregations use different terms to refer to persons in the Order of Ministry including Pastor and Reverend but most call them Ministers, including the denomination's governing documents.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Congregations sponsor members seeking ordination or commissioning as a Minister, and Regional Ministries organize committees to oversee the process. Ordination can be achieved by obtaining a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Divinity" title="Master of Divinity">Master of Divinity</a> from a theological institution, which does not have to be an institution associated with the Disciples. Ordination can also be achieved through an "Apprentice" track which has candidates shadow ordained ministers. Finally, Ministers can be Commissioned, a shorter process for seminary students and those seeking short-term ministry in a Region. Regional requirements for ministry vary. Ordination is made official through a service which includes members of the church, clergy, and Regional Minister laying their hands on the candidate as the ordaining act. Ecumenical representatives are often included to emphasize the Disciples' desire for Christian unity.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Disciples recognize the ordinations of the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a> as do they for Disciples.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A General Commission on the Order of Ministry exists to interpret and review definitions of ministry, give oversight to Regions and congregations, provide other support, and maintain the standing of Regional Ministers and Ministers of General (National) Ministries.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the Disciples of Christ have many different opinions on abortion. This would be a prime example of "Resolve to Love, Agree to Differ, Unite to Serve, Break Bread Together". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBTQ_inclusion">LGBTQ inclusion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: LGBTQ inclusion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1977, the General Assembly of the denomination debated resolutions about homosexuality for the first time; a resolution condemning the "homosexual lifestyle" was defeated by the Assembly and a resolution to ban gay people from the ordained ministry was referred to the General Minister and President for further study.<sup id="cite_ref-Cummins239_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cummins239-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the next General Assembly two years later, the Assembly approved a resolution that declared "The ordination of persons who engage in homosexual practices is not in accord with God's will," but concurrently declared that "The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) intends to continue the current pattern of assigning responsibility to the regions with respect to the nurture, certification, and ordination of ministers."<sup id="cite_ref-Cummins239_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cummins239-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, some regions have ordained LGBTQ ministers before the denomination officially supported it. Concerns about LGBTQ people continued to be an issue at the General Assembly, but resolutions that called on more civil rights protections for LGBTQ people were passed with overwhelming majorities and resolutions to ban the "homosexual lifestyle" continued to be rejected.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) stated that "Disciples do not have a formal policy on same-sex marriage. Different congregations have the autonomy to discern on issues such as this one."<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the Disciples of Christ voted in favor of a resolution affirming all members regardless of sexual orientation.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After same-sex marriage was legalized in the US, the denomination reiterated that it leaves "all decisions of policy on same-sex marriage to local congregations".<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, the General Assembly passed a resolution specifically affirming that transgender and gender non-conforming people are welcome in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).<sup id="cite_ref-Transgender_Resolution_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Transgender_Resolution-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance provides resources to congregations that want to be certified as "Open and Affirming" to show that they are accepting of all gender identities and sexual orientations.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Alliance was founded as the Gay, Lesbian, and Affirming Disciples Alliance (GLAD) during the 1979 General Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The structure of the Disciples is unique among Mainline Protestant churches. <i>The Design</i>, the governing document of the denomination, describes three "expressions" of the church: congregational, regional, and general. Each of these expressions are "characterized by its integrity, self-governance, authority, rights, and responsibilities." In relating to each other, they work in covenant and not authority to support the ministry and work of the church.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Design_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Design-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congregations">Congregations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Congregations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Congregations of the Disciples are self-governing in the tradition of congregational polity. They call their own Ministers, select their own leadership, own their own property, and manage their own affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Disciples congregations, the priesthood of all believers finds its expression in worship and Christian service. Congregations elect and ordain lay persons as Elders to share in duties of congregational ministry with the staff ministers, including visiting the sick and administering communion to them, providing spiritual guidance for the congregation, and presiding over Communion during worship, either with or without the staff ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_Ministries">Regional Ministries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Regional Ministries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regional churches consist of all Disciples in a given area, usually a state or group of states. As of 2023, the denomination has 31 regions, including the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)_in_Canada" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada">Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada</a> which has a dual identity as a region in the binational church and a national denomination in its own right.<sup id="cite_ref-Disciples_Regions_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Disciples_Regions-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regions meet in a Regional Assembly every two to three years to conduct business. Each Region calls a Regional Minister to serve as its primary pastor and chief executive; most regions also have Associate Regional Ministers and other staff to serve specific aspects of its ministries. Canada calls its regional minister a "national pastor". Regions are analogous to the <a href="/wiki/Middle_judicatory" title="Middle judicatory">middle judicatories</a> of other denominations, and Regional Ministers are analogous to Bishops.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the primary responsibilities of the Regions is the care for and oversight of clergy. The Design places primary responsibility for ordination and licensing of ministers with the region. Candidates seeking ordination are sponsored by a congregation but must be approved by their region, which usually entails a process of interviews and other evaluations by a committee made up of clergy and lay people. The Regional Minister usually officiates the ordination service in the sponsoring congregation. After ordination, regions continue to oversee clergy through a process known as standing, which requires ministers to undergo certain trainings periodically and maintain membership in a Disciples congregation. Ministers can lose their standing for violating the ministerial code of ethics the denomination maintains. Finally, Regional Ministers often provide pastoral care to ministers in their region. </p><p>Regions also nurture congregations in their region, including planting new churches, providing guidance, supporting struggling congregations, and helping congregations hire their ministers. This latter process consists of a system known as Search and Call, in which ministers seeking a church declare which regions they would like to serve in and the region then suggests those candidates to congregations seeking a minister. Regional Ministers usually provides congregations with a set of candidates that they feel will meet the congregation's particular needs. </p><p>Regions also provide fellowship and education opportunities for its members. Many regions have summer camping experiences for children and youth.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As with all parts of the Disciples, Regions do not have authority to control congregations and congregations are not required to use regional programming, including the search and call system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_Ministries">General Ministries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: General Ministries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) at the "General Church" level consists of a number of self-governing agencies, which focus upon specific Christian witnesses to the world. The church agencies report to the General Assembly, which meets biennially in odd-numbered years and is an assembly of representatives selected by congregations and ordained ministers with standing in the denomination. The General Minister and President (GMP) is the lead pastor for the denomination and the chief executive officer of the legal corporation. Following the covenantal understanding of the denomination, the GMP does not have direct executive power over the General Ministries, regions, or congregations. The GMP is elected to a six-year term by the General Assembly, with the option for a second term.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Design_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Design-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current General Minister and President is <a href="/wiki/Teresa_Hord_Owens" title="Teresa Hord Owens">Teresa Hord Owens</a>. When she was elected in 2017, Owens was the first black woman to lead a mainline denomination as their chief executive.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her presidency followed the presidency of <a href="/wiki/Sharon_E._Watkins" title="Sharon E. Watkins">Sharon E. Watkins</a>, the first woman to lead a mainline denomination as their chief executive.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Ministries are:<sup id="cite_ref-general_ministries_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-general_ministries-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Office of the General Minister and President: executive office for the denomination and includes communications, fundraising for the denominational mission fund, Week of Compassion, and anti-racist/pro-reconciliation efforts</li> <li>Central Pastoral Office for Hispanic Ministries-Obra Hispana: promotes, undergirds, and coordinates work of Disciples Hispanic Ministries and Spanish speaking and bilingual congregations</li> <li>Christian Board of Publication-Chalice Press: denominational publishing house</li> <li>Christian Church Foundation: provides assistance on giving and endowments</li> <li>Christian Unity and Interfaith Ministry (formerly the Council on Christian Unity): ecumenical and interfaith engagement and dialogue</li> <li>Disciples Church Extension Fund: support for congregational finances, new church ministry, and congregational renewal</li> <li>Disciples Home Missions: provides support for congregational and local ministries including education and faith formation, church vocations, environmental justice, immigration and refugee ministries, families and children, youth, young adults, men's and women's ministries, and volunteering.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciples_of_Christ_Historical_Society" title="Disciples of Christ Historical Society">Disciples of Christ Historical Society</a>: maintains archives for the denomination and the larger Stone-Campbell Movement</li> <li>Division of Overseas Ministries-Global Ministries: global mission and volunteer work in joint partnership with the United Church of Christ</li> <li>Higher Education and Leadership Ministries: works with higher education partners and theological education partners and provides leadership development</li> <li>National Benevolent Association: partners with and connects independent health and social service ministries to Disciples and each other</li> <li>National Convocation: historical association of Black Disciple congregations that merged with the White Disciples in 1968, now continues as an association connecting and supporting black members and congregations</li> <li>North American Pacific/Asian Disciples: association of Pacific and Asian-American Disciples members and congregations</li> <li>Pension Fund of the Christian Church: provides pensions and investment/savings products to clergy and lay employees of Stone-Campbell/Restoration Movement churches and organizations.</li></ul> <p>One highly popular and respected General Agency program is the "Week of Compassion," named for the special offering to fund the program when it began in the 1950s. The Week of Compassion is the disaster relief and Third World development agency.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It works closely with <a href="/wiki/Church_World_Service" title="Church World Service">Church World Service</a> and church-related organizations in countries around the world where disasters strike, providing emergency aid.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Church has challenged the entire denomination to work for a 2020 Vision<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the first two decades of the 21st century. Together the denomination is well on the way to achieving its four foci: </p> <ul><li>Seeking racial justice, which it describes as becoming a pro-reconciling/anti-racist church.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Forming 1,000 new congregations across the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> by 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Seeking God's transformation of 1,000 existing Congregations in ways that will renew their witness.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Working to nurture leadership for newly formed and transformed congregations.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership_trends">Membership trends</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Membership trends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has experienced a very significant loss of membership since the middle of the 20th century. Membership peaked in 1958 at just under 2 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Arda_Profile_CC(Doc)_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arda_Profile_CC(Doc)-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993, membership dropped below 1 million. In 2009, the denomination reported 658,869 members in 3,691 congregations.<sup id="cite_ref-Arda_Profile_CC(Doc)_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arda_Profile_CC(Doc)-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, the five states with the highest adherence rates were Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky and Oklahoma.<sup id="cite_ref-Arda_Profile_CC(Doc)_-_Distribution_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arda_Profile_CC(Doc)_-_Distribution-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The states with the largest absolute number of adherents were Missouri, Texas, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.<sup id="cite_ref-Arda_Profile_CC(Doc)_-_Adherents_by_State_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arda_Profile_CC(Doc)_-_Adherents_by_State-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, membership had declined to 450,425 members.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliated_academic_institutions">Affiliated academic institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Affiliated academic institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the very beginnings of the movement, Disciples have founded institutions of higher learning. Alexander Campbell taught young leaders and founded <a href="/wiki/Bethany_College_(West_Virginia)" title="Bethany College (West Virginia)">Bethany College</a>. The movement established similar schools, especially in the years following the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because intellectual and religious freedom are important values for the Disciples of Christ, the colleges, universities, and seminaries founded by its congregations do not seek to indoctrinate students or faculty with a sectarian point of view.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 21st century, the relationship between the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and its affiliated universities is the purview of Higher Education and Leadership Ministries (HELM), an agency of the General Church.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universities_and_colleges">Universities and colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Universities and colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barton_College" title="Barton College">Barton College</a> – Wilson, North Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany_College_(West_Virginia)" title="Bethany College (West Virginia)">Bethany College</a> – Bethany, West Virginia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapman_University" title="Chapman University">Chapman University</a> – Orange, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_College_(Columbia,_Missouri)" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia College (Columbia, Missouri)">Columbia College</a> – Columbia, Missouri</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culver-Stockton_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Culver-Stockton College">Culver-Stockton College</a> – Canton, Missouri</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drury_University" title="Drury University">Drury University</a> – Springfield, Missouri</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eureka_College" title="Eureka College">Eureka College</a> – Eureka, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_College" title="Hiram College">Hiram College</a> – Hiram, Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Christian_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Jarvis Christian College">Jarvis Christian College</a> – Hawkins, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lynchburg" title="University of Lynchburg">University of Lynchburg</a> – Lynchburg, Virginia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midway_University" title="Midway University">Midway University</a> – Midway, Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Christian_University" title="Texas Christian University">Texas Christian University</a> – Fort Worth, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tougaloo_College" title="Tougaloo College">Tougaloo College</a> – Tougaloo, Mississippi<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transylvania_University" title="Transylvania University">Transylvania University</a> – Lexington, Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Woods_University" title="William Woods University">William Woods University</a> – Fulton, Missouri</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seminaries_and_theological_institutions">Seminaries and theological institutions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Seminaries and theological institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Disciples have four seminaries and divinity schools directly affiliated with the denomination. These institutions have an ecumenical student body, a reflection of the Disciples' focus on church unity. They are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brite_Divinity_School" title="Brite Divinity School">Brite Divinity School</a> – Fort Worth, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Theological_Seminary" title="Christian Theological Seminary">Christian Theological Seminary</a> – Indianapolis, Indiana</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington_Theological_Seminary" title="Lexington Theological Seminary">Lexington Theological Seminary</a> – Lexington, Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillips_Theological_Seminary" title="Phillips Theological Seminary">Phillips Theological Seminary</a> – Tulsa, Oklahoma</li></ul> <p>The Disciples have three additional institutions that provide supplementary education and community living for ecumenical theological institutions. They are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disciples_Divinity_House" title="Disciples Divinity House">Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago</a>, affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Divinity_School" title="University of Chicago Divinity School">University of Chicago Divinity School</a> – Chicago, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciples_Divinity_House_at_Vanderbilt" title="Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt">Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt</a>, affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Divinity_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanderbilt Divinity School">Vanderbilt Divinity School</a> – Nashville, Tennessee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciples_Seminary_Foundation" title="Disciples Seminary Foundation">Disciples Seminary Foundation</a>, affiliated with <a href="/wiki/Claremont_School_of_Theology" title="Claremont School of Theology">Claremont School of Theology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iliff_School_of_Theology" title="Iliff School of Theology">Iliff School of Theology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pacific_School_of_Religion" title="Pacific School of Religion">Pacific School of Religion</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Theological_Seminary" title="San Francisco Theological Seminary">San Francisco Theological Seminary</a> – Claremont, California</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecumenical_relations">Ecumenical relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Ecumenical relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Disciples of Christ maintains ecumenical relations with the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_Promoting_Christian_Unity" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity">Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also affiliated with other ecumenical organizations such as <a href="/wiki/Churches_Uniting_in_Christ" title="Churches Uniting in Christ">Churches Uniting in Christ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Churches_Together" title="Christian Churches Together">Christian Churches Together</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches" title="National Council of Churches">National Council of Churches</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It maintains Ordained Ministerial Partner Standing with the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a>, which means that clergy ordained in the Disciples of Christ may also serve in the United Church of Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2019, it has been a <a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">full Communion</a> partner and had an agreement for mutual recognition of ministerial credentials with the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada" title="United Church of Canada">United Church of Canada</a>. 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Garrott Benjamin, Jr. (page does not exist)">T. Garrott Benjamin, Jr.</a>, bishop, civil rights activist, and Senior Pastor Emeritus of Light of the World Christian Church, a Disciples church located in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he faithfully served for 43 years.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Beshear" title="Andy Beshear">Andy Beshear</a>, current Governor of Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Cayce" title="Edgar Cayce">Edgar Cayce</a>, American mystic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Craddock" title="Fred Craddock">Fred Craddock</a>, professor and preacher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmira_J._Dickinson" title="Elmira J. Dickinson">Elmira J. Dickinson</a>, American missionary and advocate for temperance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._William_Fulbright" title="J. William Fulbright">J. William Fulbright</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield">James A. Garfield</a>, 20th President of the United States, ordained Disciples minister, Principal (President) of Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now named <a href="/wiki/Hiram_College" title="Hiram College">Hiram College</a>) in Hiram, Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murry_Hammond" class="mw-redirect" title="Murry Hammond">Murry Hammond</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_DeLisle" title="Grey DeLisle">Grey DeLisle</a>, voice actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Hess" title="Dean Hess">Dean Hess</a>, US Air Force Pilot</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hogan" title="Ben Hogan">Ben Hogan</a>, professional golfer, tied for fourth all-time with nine career professional major championships</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Ijames" title="Archie Ijames">Archie Ijames</a>, assistant pastor of Jim Jones' Peoples Temple.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Jensen_(basketball)" title="Jan Jensen (basketball)">Jan Jensen (basketball)</a>, current head coach, Iowa Women's Basketball.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon Baines Johnson">Lyndon Baines Johnson</a>, 36th President of the United States</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jones" title="Jim Jones">Jim Jones</a>, cult leader, who was ordained as a Disciples minister before the denomination was organized in 1968; at that time requirements for ordination varied greatly in different regions and congregations. Two investigations were undertaken in 1974 and 1977 by the denomination that did not find any wrongdoings. No rules or precedent existed for the Disciples for removing ministers, and the Disciples responded to the Jonestown mass killings with significant changes for ministerial ethics and the process to remove ministers from the list of ordained.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnstown.sdsu.edu_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnstown.sdsu.edu-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marinda_Lemert" title="Marinda Lemert">Marinda Lemert</a> (1811–1891), religious writer who argued for the ordination of women</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a>, actress; winner of the <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Acting" title="Triple Crown of Acting">Triple Crown of Acting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Clark_McReynolds" title="James Clark McReynolds">James Clark McReynolds</a>, United States Supreme Court Justice (1914–1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Bell_Wright" title="Harold Bell Wright">Harold Bell Wright</a>, early 20th century author; pastor at churches in the association prior to becoming an author. The author is best known for the novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shepherd_of_the_Hills_(novel)" title="The Shepherd of the Hills (novel)">The Shepherd of the Hills</a></i>, and is the first fiction author to sell 1 million copies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Muir" title="John Muir">John Muir</a>, Scottish founder of the environmental movement. Raised in the church, but later left it.<sup id="cite_ref-GW_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GW-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Janae_Pitts-Murdock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Janae Pitts-Murdock (page does not exist)">R. Janae Pitts-Murdock</a>, Senior Pastor of Light of the World Christian Church, a Disciples church, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is the first female pastor in the ministry's 158-year (2024) history</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers" title="Francis Gary Powers">Francis Gary Powers</a>, American CIA U-2 spy plane pilot shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betsy_Price" title="Betsy Price">Betsy Price</a>, former mayor of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>, Texas (2011–2021), the 16th most populous city in the United States</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>, 40th President of the United States, baptized into the Disciples as a youth, and graduated from the Disciples' <a href="/wiki/Eureka_College" title="Eureka College">Eureka College</a>, but a member of <a href="/wiki/Bel_Air_Presbyterian_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Bel Air Presbyterian Church">Bel Air Presbyterian Church</a> in his later years. He married <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Reagan" title="Nancy Reagan">Nancy</a> at The Little Brown Church in <a href="/wiki/Studio_City,_Los_Angeles" title="Studio City, Los Angeles">Studio City, California</a>, a Disciples Church.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanna_Carson_Rijnhart" title="Susanna Carson Rijnhart">Susanna Carson Rijnhart</a>, Tibetan explorer, missionary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Robinson" title="Gene Robinson">Gene Robinson</a>, raised in a Disciples church, later joined the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Church in the United States of America">Episcopal Church in the United States of America</a> and became the first openly gay priest to be consecrated as a bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_Sanders" title="Colonel Sanders">Colonel Harlan Sanders</a>, founder of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Fried_Chicken" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Fried Chicken">Kentucky Fried Chicken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Selleck" title="Tom Selleck">Tom Selleck</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stamos" title="John Stamos">John Stamos</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_Taylor" title="Preston Taylor">Preston Taylor</a>, African American minister, businessperson and philanthropist; founder of the National Christian Missionary Convention</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Thomas_Jr." title="William Thomas Jr.">William Thomas Jr.</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Tinsley" title="Marion Tinsley">Marion Tinsley</a>, considered the all-time greatest human checkers player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Trout" title="Jessie Trout">Jessie Trout</a>, Canadian missionary in Japan, author, Japanese-American internment camp worker, co-founder of the Christian Women's Fellowship (1950) and the International Christian Women's Fellowship (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Harvie_Thomas_Tubman" title="Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman">Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman</a>, businesswoman and philanthropist from <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Georgia" title="Augusta, Georgia">Augusta, Georgia</a>, early supporter of the Restoration Movement and correspondent of Alexander Campbell. She financed the construction of many Christian churches in the United States and donated to several Disciples-affiliated colleges.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">Roger Williams (U.S. politician)</a>, Congressman representing Texas' 25th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Former Secretary of State of Texas (2004–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">John Wooden</a>, legendary UCLA basketball coach, raised in a Disciples Church in <a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_Indiana" title="Martinsville, Indiana">Martinsville, Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Zager" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Zager">Bruce Zager</a>, former justice, Iowa Supreme Court.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/31px-P_christianity.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/47px-P_christianity.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/62px-P_christianity.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Christianity" title="Portal:Christianity">Christianity portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Christian_Church_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="First Christian Church (disambiguation)">First Christian Church</a>, a typical name for many Disciples congregations, links to a disambiguation page with a list of congregations</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_City_Christian_Church" title="National City Christian Church">National City Christian Church</a>, the Disciples' main congregation in Washington, D.C.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DisciplesWorld" title="DisciplesWorld">DisciplesWorld</a>, now-defunct magazine that covered the denomination</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_Movement" title="Restoration Movement">Restoration Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_religious_movement" title="New religious movement">New religious movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a>, separated officially in 1906</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_churches_and_churches_of_Christ" title="Christian churches and churches of Christ">Christian churches and churches of Christ</a>, separated officially in 1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Convention_of_Churches_of_Christ" title="World Convention of Churches of Christ">World Convention of Churches of Christ</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Prior to the 1906 separation of the Churches of Christ, congregations would typically be named "Disciples of Christ," "Christian Church," and "Church of Christ." After the split was recognized in 1906, cooperative Disciples churches began to change their names to the more common Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). By 1968 when the Disciples formally organized themselves as a denomination, another group of churches which had not "cooperated" in common ministries of mission and service beyond the congregation level remained separate and began calling themselves Christian Church, Church of Christ, or Independent Christian Church without the "(Disciples of Christ)" moniker. Disciples churches are most easily recognizable by the use of the red chalice logo, since many do not always use the "(Disciples of Christ)" moniker, preferring only the Christian Church moniker. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From <a href="/wiki/Marco_Antonio_de_Dominis" title="Marco Antonio de Dominis">Marco Antonio de Dominis</a>, <i>De Repubblica Ecclesiastica</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWalton2023" class="citation web cs1">Walton, Jeffrey (September 14, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://juicyecumenism.com/2023/09/14/dc-mainline/">"Disciples Suffer Massive Membership Drop Post-2019"</a>. <i>Juicy Ecumenism</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(1915). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HHgRAAAAIAAJ"><i>How the Disciples Began and Grew, A Short History of the Christian Church</i></a>, Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company</li> <li>Garrison, Winfred Earnest and DeGroot, Alfred T. (1948). <i>The Disciples of Christ, A History</i>, St Louis, Missouri: The Bethany Press</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreen1904" class="citation web cs1">Green, F. M. (1904). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051215111800/http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/jtbrown/coc/COC1306.HTM">"James A. Garfield"</a>. <i>John T. Brown's Churches of Christ</i>. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/jtbrown/coc/COC1306.HTM">the original</a> on December 15, 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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W.; Thompson, John; and Purviance, David (1804). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/rmcnemar/ocg/OCG.HTM#Will"><i>The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery</i></a></li> <li>McAlister, Lester G. and Tucker, William E. 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Newell (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110927183904/http://www.disciples.org/ccu/PDF/Newell%20Williams%20paper.pdf"><i>The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): A Reformed North American Mainstream Moderate Denomination</i></a>, presentation given during the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Consultation on "Becoming a Multicultural and Inclusive Church," March 27, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2010.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Butchart, Reuben. <i>The Disciples of Christ in Canada Since 1930</i>... in series, <i>Canadian Headquarters' Publications</i>. 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href="/wiki/List_of_Presbyterian_and_Reformed_denominations_in_North_America" title="List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North America">Derivatives</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Old_School%E2%80%93New_School_Controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="Old School–New School Controversy">New School Presbyterians</a> (1838)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church_(United_States)" title="Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)">Evangelical Presbyterian Church</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/ECO:_A_Covenant_Order_of_Evangelical_Presbyterians" class="mw-redirect" title="ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians">ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians</a> (2012)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Presbytery" title="Springfield Presbytery">Springfield Presbytery</a><br />(1803)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christians_(Stone_Movement)" title="Christians (Stone Movement)">Christians</a> (1804)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Connection" title="Christian Connection">Christian Connection</a> (1810)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Restoration_Movement" title="Restoration 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Romanian Orthodox Church">Romanian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Metropolis_of_the_Americas" title="Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas">Metropolis of the Americas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Orthodox_Church" title="Macedonian Orthodox Church">Macedonian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_America_and_Canada" title="Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of America and Canada">Diocese of America and Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">American</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_America" title="Orthodox Church in America">Orthodox Church in America</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Romanian_Orthodox_Episcopate_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America">Romanian Diocese</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/True_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="True Orthodox">True Orthodox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Orthodox_Metropolia_of_North_and_South_America_and_the_British_Isles" title="Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of North and South America and the British Isles">Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of North and South America and the British Isles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Orthodox_Church_in_North_America" title="Holy Orthodox Church in North America">Holy Orthodox Church in North America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_sacramental_movement" title="Independent sacramental movement">Independent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_World_Patriarchs" class="mw-redirect" title="American World Patriarchs">American World Patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autocephalous_Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_America_and_Australia" title="Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia">Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church" title="Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church">Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox">Oriental Orthodox</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_North_America" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in North America">Main article</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church" title="Coptic Orthodox Church">Alexandria</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_in_Canada" title="Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada">Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mother_See_of_Holy_Etchmiadzin" title="Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin">Etchmiadzin</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Armenian Diocese of Canada</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Holy_See_of_Cilicia" title="Holy See of Cilicia">Cilicia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Prelacy_of_Canada" title="Armenian Prelacy of Canada">Armenian Prelacy of Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Christianity" title="Syriac Christianity">Syriac</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Antioch</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Archdiocese_of_North_America" title="Malankara Archdiocese of North America">Jacobite Malankara Archdiocese of North America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church" title="Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church">Malankara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Northeast_America" title="Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Northeast America">Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Northeast America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Catholic">Eastern Catholic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Our_Lady_of_Nareg_in_the_United_States_of_America_and_Canada" title="Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada">Armenian Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_liturgical_rites" title="Alexandrian liturgical rites">Alexandrian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Church" title="Coptic Catholic Church">Coptic Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Saint-Sauveur_of_Montr%C3%A9al" title="Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal">Melkite Greek Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Winnipeg" title="Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg">Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Mar_Addai_of_Toronto" title="Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto">Chaldean Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Mississauga" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga">Syro-Malabar Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maronite_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Saint_Maron_of_Montreal" title="Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal">Maronite Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Apostolic_Exarchate_of_Canada" title="Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Canada">Syriac Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Eparchy_of_the_United_States_of_America_and_Canada" title="Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada">Syro-Malankara Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Protestant">Eastern Protestant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mar_Thoma_Syrian_Church_Diocese_of_North_America_%26_Europe" title="Mar Thoma Syrian Church Diocese of North America & Europe">Mar Thoma Syrian Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Western_Christianity" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><big><a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a></big></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Personal_Ordinariate_of_the_Chair_of_Saint_Peter" title="Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter">Anglican Catholic Ordinariate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Canada" title="Catholic Church in Canada">Roman Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Catholic">Old Catholic</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n0_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n0-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polish_National_Catholic_Church" title="Polish National Catholic Church">Polish National Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Proto-Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Protestant">Proto-Protestant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Hussite" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hussite" class="mw-redirect" title="Hussite">Hussite</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church_in_North_America" title="Moravian Church in North America">Moravian Church in North America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_Canada" title="Protestantism in Canada">Main article</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_and_uniting_churches" title="United and uniting churches">United</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Missionary_Church" title="Evangelical Missionary Church">Evangelical Missionary Church</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada" title="United Church of Canada">United Church of Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Association_of_Lutheran_Congregations" title="Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations">Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Canada" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church_%E2%80%93_Canada" title="Lutheran Church – Canada">Lutheran Church – Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church_%E2%80%93_Missouri_Synod" title="Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod">Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod</a> (<a href="/wiki/English_District_of_the_Lutheran_Church_%E2%80%93_Missouri_Synod" title="English District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/SELC_District_of_the_Lutheran_Church_%E2%80%93_Missouri_Synod" title="SELC District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod">SELC Districts</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Lutheran_Church" title="North American Lutheran Church">North American Lutheran Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinist">Calvinist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Continental_Reformed_Protestantism" title="Continental Reformed Protestantism">Continental<br />Reformed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_and_American_Reformed_Churches" title="Canadian and American Reformed Churches">Canadian and American Reformed Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Reformed_Church_in_North_America" title="Christian Reformed Church in North America">Christian Reformed Church in North America</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Reformed_Churches_of_North_America" title="Free Reformed Churches of North America">Free Reformed Churches of North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heritage_Reformed_Congregations" title="Heritage Reformed Congregations">Heritage Reformed Congregations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Reformed_Congregations" title="Netherlands Reformed Congregations">Netherlands Reformed Congregations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_in_America" title="Reformed Church in America">Reformed Church in America</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Congregations_in_North_America" title="Reformed Congregations in North America">Reformed Congregations in North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Reformed_Churches_in_North_America" title="United Reformed Churches in North America">United Reformed Churches in North America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Associate_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church" title="Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church">Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89glise_r%C3%A9form%C3%A9e_du_Qu%C3%A9bec" title="Église réformée du Québec">L'Église réformée du Québec (Reformed Church of Quebec)</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Presbyterian_Church_of_North_America" title="Free Presbyterian Church of North America">Free Presbyterian Church of North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Presbyterian_Church" title="Orthodox Presbyterian Church">Orthodox Presbyterian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_America" title="Presbyterian Church in America">Presbyterian Church in America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Canada" title="Presbyterian Church in Canada">Presbyterian Church in Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n2_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n2-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_of_North_America" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America">Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Congregationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist">Congregationalist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_Christian_Churches_in_Canada" title="Congregational Christian Churches in Canada">Congregational Christian Churches in Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Communion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Canada" title="Anglican Church of Canada">Anglican Church of Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n2_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n2-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Continuing_Anglican_movement" title="Continuing Anglican movement">Continuing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Catholic_Church_of_Canada" title="Anglican Catholic Church of Canada">Anglican Catholic Church of Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_realignment" title="Anglican realignment">Realignment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Network_in_Canada" title="Anglican Network in Canada">Anglican Church in North America</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anabaptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Anabaptist">Anabaptist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brethren_in_Christ_Church" title="Brethren in Christ Church">Brethren in Christ Church</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Conference_of_Mennonite_Brethren_Churches" title="Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches">Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Mennonite_Conference" title="Evangelical Mennonite Conference">Evangelical Mennonite Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Mennonite_Mission_Conference" title="Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference">Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fellowship_of_Evangelical_Bible_Churches" title="Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches">Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mennonite_Church_Canada" title="Mennonite Church Canada">Mennonite Church Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_United_Brethren_in_Christ" title="Church of the United Brethren in Christ">The United Brethren Church In Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Radical_Pietism" title="Radical Pietism">Radical Pietism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Covenant_Church" title="Evangelical Covenant Church">Evangelical Covenant Church</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Free_Church_of_Canada" title="Evangelical Free Church of Canada">Evangelical Free Church of Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Baptists_in_Canada" title="Baptists in Canada">Main article</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_Baptists" title="General Baptists">General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_General_Conference_of_Canada" title="Baptist General Conference of Canada">Baptist General Conference of Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Baptist_Ministries" title="Canadian Baptist Ministries">Canadian Baptist Ministries</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Baptists_of_Ontario_and_Quebec" title="Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec">Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Baptists_of_Western_Canada" title="Canadian Baptists of Western Canada">Canadian Baptists of Western Canada</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Baptists_of_Atlantic_Canada" title="Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada">Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Union_of_French_Baptist_Churches_of_Canada" title="Union of French Baptist Churches of Canada">Union of French Baptist Churches of Canada</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Baptist_Convention" title="Canadian National Baptist Convention">Canadian National Baptist Convention</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primitive_Baptist_Conference_of_New_Brunswick,_Maine_and_Nova_Scotia" title="Primitive Baptist Conference of New Brunswick, Maine and Nova Scotia">Primitive Baptist Conference of New Brunswick, Maine and Nova Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fellowship_of_Evangelical_Baptist_Churches_in_Canada" title="The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada">The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of Quebec</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Baptist_Conference" title="North American Baptist Conference">North American Baptist Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Evangelical_Baptist_Convention_of_Canada" title="Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention of Canada">Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention of Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Baptists" title="Reformed Baptists">Reformed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Grace_Fellowship_of_Canada" title="Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada">Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Regular_Baptists" title="Regular Baptists">Regular</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Covenanted_Baptist_Church_of_Canada" title="Covenanted Baptist Church of Canada">Covenanted Baptist Church of Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="British Methodist Episcopal Church">British Methodist Episcopal Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Nazarene" title="Church of the Nazarene">Church of the Nazarene</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Methodist_Church_in_Canada" title="Free Methodist Church in Canada">Free Methodist Church in Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvation Army">Salvation Army</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_Church" title="Wesleyan Church">Wesleyan Church</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trinitarian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Church_of_Pentecost" title="Apostolic Church of Pentecost">Apostolic Church of Pentecost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Assemblies_of_God" title="Canadian Assemblies of God">Canadian Assemblies of God</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Ministers%27_Association" title="Christian Ministers' Association">Christian Ministers' Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_God_(Cleveland,_Tennessee)" title="Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)">Church of God Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_World_Christian_Fellowship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="French World Christian Fellowship (page does not exist)">French World Christian Fellowship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Assemblies_of_God,_International" title="Independent Assemblies of God, International">Independent Assemblies of God, International</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Fellowship_of_Christian_Assemblies" title="International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies">International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal_Assemblies_of_Canada" title="Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada">Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal_Assemblies_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador">Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Foursquare_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="The Foursquare Church">The Foursquare Church</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Pentecostal_Holiness_Church" title="International Pentecostal Holiness Church">The Pentecostal Holiness Church of Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oneness_Pentecostalism" title="Oneness Pentecostalism">Oneness</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Pentecostal_Church_International" title="United Pentecostal Church International">United Pentecostal Church International</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Charismatic_Christianity" title="Charismatic Christianity">Charismatic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Orthodox_Church" title="Evangelical Orthodox Church">Evangelical Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Vineyard_Churches" title="Association of Vineyard Churches">Vineyard Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Higher_Life_movement" title="Higher Life movement">Higher Life</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_World_Fellowship" title="Alliance World Fellowship">The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Gospel_Churches_of_Canada" title="Associated Gospel Churches of Canada">Associated Gospel Churches of Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_105-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Restorationism" title="Restorationism">Restorationism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Restoration_Movement" title="Restoration Movement">Stone–Campbell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)_in_Canada" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada">Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Christian_Church_in_Canada" title="Evangelical Christian Church in Canada">Evangelical Christian Church in Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormonism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_Restored_(Ontario)" title="Church of Jesus Christ Restored (Ontario)">Church of Jesus Christ Restored</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Canada" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Unitarianism" title="Unitarianism">Unitarian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Unitarian_Council" title="Canadian Unitarian Council">Canadian Unitarian Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-note_n0-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-note_n0_104-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Not in <a href="/wiki/Koinonia" title="Koinonia">communion</a> with the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Scranton" title="Union of Scranton">Union of Scranton</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note_n1-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-23"><sup><i><b>x</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-24"><sup><i><b>y</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-25"><sup><i><b>z</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-26"><sup><i><b>aa</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-27"><sup><i><b>ab</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-28"><sup><i><b>ac</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-29"><sup><i><b>ad</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-30"><sup><i><b>ae</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-31"><sup><i><b>af</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_105-32"><sup><i><b>ag</b></i></sup></a> <a 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