The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Denomination·Founded 1832 CE·About 278,000 total members in 2022, in the United States and Canada, down from just under 2 million at the 1958 peak. The 2024 yearbook listed 2,887 affiliated congregations, of which 2,032 reported statistics or gave to outreach. The denomination publishes its own decline figures, which is not universal.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

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Rites & Ritual

what its people do — and when Part of Practice →
Weekly
The table is open, and it means open. No membership, no baptism, no examination, no fence: the invitation is to anyone present. Disciples regard the weekly open table as their single most distinctive practice, and the elders who preside are lay members rather than clergy. When Weekly — communion every Sunday, open to all presentWho Anyone in the room, member or not, baptised or not Go deeper — context →

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

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