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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
Old Bethany Church of Christ Building, Bethany, West Virginia
An American family Bible dating to AD 1859
Baptism by immersion
Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1843, 13th stereotype ed.)
Non-denominational Christianity is a concept originating in the United States within Evangelicalism, whereby churches, and individual Christians, would distance themselves from the confessionalism or
Churches of Christ
…are the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship. Many such congregations identify themselves as being nondenominational. The Churches of Christ arose in the United States from the Restoration Movement of 19th-century Christians, who declared independence from denominations…
Congregants outside a Church of Christ in Texas, 1972
Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples of Christ, head and shoulders portrait
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