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The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship.
When the CC national General Council adopted a "Basis of Union" with the E&R Church in 1948, the dissenters organized into two groups: the Committee for the Continuation of Congregational Christian Churches, formed by the pastor of Los Angeles' Congregational Church of the Messiah, Harry R. Butman; and the League to Uphold Congregational ...
Worship services at Christ's Commission Fellowship in the Philippines (top) and Lakewood Church in the U.S. (bottom) Nondenominational churches are by definition not affiliated with any specific denominational stream of Christianity, whether by choice from their foundation or because they separated from their denomination of origin at some ...
The churches are independent congregations and typically go by the name "Christian Church", but often use the name "Church of Christ" as well. Though isolated exceptions may occur, it is generally agreed within the movement that no personal or family names should be attached to a congregation which Christ purchased and established with his own blood, though geographical labels are acceptable.
Presbyterians and Congregationalists both opposed certain practices and liturgical requirements of the Church of England, including its episcopal polity. Presbyterians desired a system where a body of elders ( presbytery ) would govern the churches, while congregationalists asserted that the local church ( congregation ), with its officers, was ...
Oak City Christian Church, also known as Oak City Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, is a historic Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (DOC) church located at 310 W. Commerce Street in Oak City, Martin County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a one-story, frame, weatherboarded, Gothic Revival style building.
The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a socially liberal mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Restorationist, Continental Reformed, and Lutheran traditions, and with approximately 4,600 churches and 712,000 members.
Daniel Sommer (1850–1940) was an American religious leader who was a key figure in the Restoration Movement and in the separation of the Churches of Christ from the Christian Church. The roots of the division that led the Churches of Christ to consider itself separate and distinct from the Christian Church were both secular and spiritual.