The Restoration Movement (Churches of Christ)

Denomination·Founded 1809 CE·About 1,113,362 members in roughly 11,790 congregations in the United States, from the directory maintained since 1973 by 21st Century Christian and now the Church Research Council. Both figures have fallen every year since the 1990s. Substantial churches also exist in Nigeria, Ghana, India and Brazil, counted separately and not reliably.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → The Restoration Movement (Churches of Christ) → 1 branch

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Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 2 You × The Restoration Movement (Churches of Christ) Discussion

How to Live

the ethic — what it asks of a life
Silence forbids. That is the rule, and it is why there is no piano. If the New Testament does not authorise it, it may not be added to worship. Singing is authorised; instruments are not mentioned; therefore instruments are excluded. The same reasoning excluded missionary societies, and it is the fault line the movement broke along. Go deeper — context →

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

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