Churches of Christ
General Information
Churches of Christ number about 13,000 independent and autonomous
congregations in the United States, with about 1.5 million members.
These congregations operate without interlinking organization or
headquarters; they are united by the direct adherence of each to the
Bible alone as the sufficient rule of faith and practice.
The group operates colleges and universities, orphanages, and
schools of preaching, and has missionaries in international fields.
Publications play a strong role in the life of the church. Faith in
the verbal inspiration of the Bible, the divinity of Jesus, the
necessity of compliance with biblical teachings, and a firm hope of
everlasting life is characteristic of the group. The Churches of
Christ believe that Jesus established his church and made it
available to all the saved, and that it is the responsibility of all
individuals to seek it out and be added to it.
Reuel Lemmons
The individual articles presented here were generally first published
in the early 1980s. This subject presentation was first placed
on the Internet in May 1997.
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