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

Rites & Ritual

what its people do — and when Part of Practice →
Weekly
The Lord's Supper every Sunday, passed down the pew. Acts 20:7 says the disciples came together on the first day of the week to break bread, and the movement reads that as a standing command. No ordained person is needed: the bread and cup are served by men of the congregation, with a few sentences and a prayer. When Weekly — the Lord's Supper every Sunday without exceptionWho The whole congregation, served in the pews Go deeper — context →

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

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