The Christian Churches and Churches of Christ

Denomination·Founded 1927 CE·No membership roll exists and none can, since there is no body to keep one. The Christian Standard directory listed about 5,200 congregations at its last compilation, down from nearly 6,800 six years earlier, and a new count was under way as of late 2024. Estimates of adherents commonly run above a million and are not from an audited source.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → The Christian Churches and Churches of Christ

Christian StandardArchiveDisciples of Christ Historical Society

Branch
Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1Community 1 You × The Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Discussion

Rites & Ritual

what its people do — and when Part of Practice →
Weekly
Weekly communion, and the invitation left to you. The elements are passed every Sunday and the invitation is characteristically neither fenced nor formally open: the person at the pew decides. It is a small thing that carries the whole ethos — the congregation will not adjudicate your standing. When Weekly — communion at every Sunday serviceWho The congregation, with the invitation left to conscience Go deeper — context →

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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