Dennis W. Helsabeck Jr.

This book could serve as a starting point for persons desiring to learn something of the history of an American Christian restoration movement group known as the "independent" Christian Church or Church of Christ. The Christian Church/Church of Christ is one of three main "streams" of what makes up the Stone-Campbell religious heritage. (Other "streams" are the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and churches of Christ.)

The book contains 13 short chapters, with questions for discussion at the end of each.

The first nine chapters cover the the Stone-Campbell religious heritage from its beginning to 1906, the year in which the churches of Christ were listed separately in the US census of religious institutions, apart from the Disciples of Christ. The final four chapters cover the history of the sect from 1907 forward, the period in which the Christian Church/Church and the Disciples of Christ split into two streams.

Sources for further study are included at the end of each chapter, and reflect the work of authors from all three streams of the Stone-Campbell religious heritage.

Two of the authors, Holloway and Foster, are members of the churches of Christ. Helsabeck is part of the Christian Church/Church of Christ stream.… (altro)