Church of Christ may refer to:

Church groups

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, the Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of

Jesus Christ Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

Christian Church In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians or the original institution established by Jesus Christ. "Christian Church" has also been used in academia as a syn ...

, an ecclesiological term used by denominations to describe the true body of Christians, can include only the denomination itself or a larger group of Christians from multiple denominations or traditions

Restoration Movement

* The

Restoration Movement The Restoration Movement (also known as the American Restoration Movement or the Stone–Campbell Movement, and pejoratively as Campbellism) is a Christian movement that began on the American frontier during the Second Great Awakening (1790–1 ...

originated on the American frontier in the early 19th century, many congregations used the name "Church of Christ" along with a geographic descriptor. The Restoration Movement has split into several different groups and denominations, all of which have used the term "Church of Christ" or "Churches of Christ". These include: **

Churches of Christ The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation ...

, a conservative group of congregations distinguished by their prohibition of instrumental music in worship *** Churches of Christ (non-institutional), an identifiable subgroup within the Churches of Christ which opposes organizations beyond the local congregation ***

International Churches of Christ The International Churches of Christ (ICOC) is a body of decentralized, co-operating, religiously conservative and racially integrated Christian congregations. Originating from the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement, the ICOC emerged from th ...

, a group of churches that split off from the main Churches of Christ in the 1970s and 1980s ****

International Christian Church Thomas Wayne "Kip" McKean II (born May 31, 1954) is an American minister. He was the founder of the International Churches of Christ and of the International Christian Church. He was former world missions evangelist of the International Chri ...

, a group of churches that split of from the International Churches of Christ in the early 2000s **

Christian churches and churches of Christ The group of churches known as the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ is a fellowship of congregations within the Restoration Movement (also known as the Stone–Campbell Movement and the Reformation of the 19th Century) that have no form ...

, a conservative group of congregations often referred to as "Independents" due to their official separation from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the mid-20th century. These churches can often be distinguished from the

by their use of instrumental music in worship. **

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. The denomination started with the Restoration Movement during the Second Great Awakening, first existing during the 19th ...

, a

mainline Protestant The mainline Protestants (sometimes also known as oldline Protestants) are a group of Protestantism in the United States, Protestant denominations in the United States and Protestantism in Canada, Canada largely of the Liberal Christianity, theolo ...

denomination in the United States and

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. Historically many of its congregations used the name "Church of Christ". After the

were recognized as a distinct group in 1906, congregations using "Church of Christ" that remained with the portion of the movement that would become the Disciples slowly changed their name to Christian Church during the first half of the 20th century **

Churches of Christ in Europe The Churches of Christ in Europe are Christian groups of autonomous congregations using the name "church of Christ" which may or may not have a historical association with the Restoration Movement. These groups are characterized by an emphasi ...

, a group of churches in Europe with connections to the Restoration Movement of the United States. Most Restoration Movement congregations in the United Kingdom have been part of the

United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom. As of 2024 it had approximately 44,000 members in around 1,250 congregations with 334 stipendiary ministers. The URC is a Trinitarian church whose theolog ...

since 1981. **

Churches of Christ in Australia The Churches of Christ in Australia is a Reformed Restorationist denomination. It is affiliated with the Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council and the World Communion of Reformed Churches. Key features of the church's worship are the weekly ...

, a denomination in Australia influenced by the Restoration Movement in the United States and the United Kingdom. Part of the Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council. **

Evangelical Christian Church in Canada The Evangelical Christian Church (Christian Disciples) is an evangelical Protestant Canadian church body. The Evangelical Christian Church's national office in Canada is in Waterloo, Ontario. History The church has its origins in the formal organ ...

, a small denomination in Canada with roots in the Restoration Movement *The

World Convention of Churches of Christ The World Convention of Churches of Christ is a Christian world communion that links Restoration Movement churches known by a range of names including Christian churches and churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, and Christian Church (Disciples ...

is a global convention of the Churches of Christ, Christian Churches and Christian churches and churches of Christ, and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) *Other historically-related groups: **

Christian Connection The Christian Connection was a Christian movement in the United States of America that developed in several places during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, composed of members who withdrew from other Christian denominations. It was influe ...

, a group of churches begun in the 1790s which briefly combined with the group of

Christians A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...

led by

Barton W. Stone Barton Warren Stone (December 24, 1772 – November 9, 1844) was an American evangelist during the early 19th-century Second Great Awakening in the United States. First ordained a Presbyterian minister, he and four other ministers of the Washin ...

in Kentucky during the early 19th century. When Stone united with the

Disciples A disciple is a follower and student of a mentor, teacher, or other figure. It can refer to: Religion * Disciple (Christianity), a student of Jesus Christ * Twelve Apostles of Jesus, sometimes called the Twelve Disciples * Seventy disciples in t ...

led by Alexander Campbell to form the mainstream Restoration Movement most churches from the Christian Connection remained separate, later becoming part of the

Congregational Christian Churches The Congregational Christian Churches was a Protestant Christian denomination that operated in the U.S. from 1931 through 1957. On the latter date, most of its churches joined the Evangelical and Reformed Church in a merger to become the United C ...

in 1931 and then the

United Church of Christ The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a socially liberal mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Restorationist, Continental Reformed, and Lutheran t ...

in 1957. The UCC has since entered into a full communion agreement with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), reuniting congregations with roots in the Christian Connection with the mainline Restoration Movement denomination. **

Christadelphians The Christadelphians () are a Restorationism, restorationist and Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Biblical unitarianism, (Biblical Unitarian) Christian denomination. The name means 'brothers and sisters in Christ',"The Christadelphians, or breth ...

, a movement which split off from the mainstream Restoration Movement in the mid-19th century **

Churches of Christ in Christian Union The Churches of Christ in Christian Union (CCCU) is a Wesleyan-Holiness and Restorationist Christian denomination. The CCCU has a presence in 15 U.S. states and several nations, with about 200 churches in the United States. Ohio Christian U ...

, a small denomination with roots in the Wesleyan Holiness movement and Restoration Movement

Latter-day Saint denominations

* Church of Christ (Latter-day Saints) – the original church founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 6, 1830. *

Pure Church of Christ The Pure Church of Christ was the first known schismatic organization to emerge within the Latter Day Saint movement (LDS). The Pure Church of Christ was organized in 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio by Wycam Clark, Northrop Sweet, and four others who cla ...

– First schismatic sect in the Latter Day Saint movement, this denomination was organized in 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio, by Wycam Clark and Northrop Sweet and is now extinct. *Church of Christ (Ezra Booth) – An extinct schismatic sect organized in 1836 by Ezra Booth in Kirtland, Ohio. * Church of Christ (Parrishite), an extinct Latter Day Saint denomination organized in 1837 by Warren Parrish in Kirtland, Ohio. * Church of Christ (William Chubby), an extinct Latter Day Saint denomination organized in the Late 1830s by William Chubby. *Church of Christ (Hiram Page), an extinct Latter Day Saint denomination organized in 1842 by

Hiram Page Hiram Page ( 1800 August 12, 1852) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon's golden plates. Early life Page was born in Vermont. Earlier in his life, he studied medicine whic ...

, one of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon's golden plates. *Church of Christ (Wightite) – This denomination, founded by

Lyman Wight Lyman Wight (May 9, 1796 – March 31, 1858) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the leader of the Latter Day Saints in Daviess County, Missouri, in 1838. In 1841, he was ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apo ...

in 1844, split from the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) at the death of Joseph Smith. *

Church of Christ (Temple Lot) The Church of Christ, informally called Hedrickites and the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement headquartered in Independence, Missouri, on what is known as the Temple Lot. The nickname for members ...

– Informally referred to as "Hedrickites", this denomination is headquartered in Independence, Missouri, on what is known as the Temple Lot. It was founded by Granville Hedrick in July 1863. * Church of Christ (Fettingite) – Informally referred to as the "Fettingites", after its founder Otto Fetting, this denomination is split from the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) in 1929. * Church of Christ with the Elijah Message, which broke away from the Temple Lot church in 1929. *

Church of Christ (Restored) The Church of Christ (Restored) is a denomination within the Latter Day Saint movement that split from the Church of Christ (Fettingite) in the late 1930s under the leadership of Elder A. C. DeWolf. This schism was provoked by a difference in ...

– This denomination split from the Church of Christ (Fettingite) in the late 1930s under the leadership of A. C. DeWolf. * Church of Christ at Halley's Bluff, which broke away from the Temple Lot church in 1932. *

Church of Christ (Hancock) The Church of Christ, informally referred to as the Church of Christ (Hancock), the Basement Church, the Church of Christ (Lukeite) and the Church of Christ (Bible and Book of Mormon Teaching), was a List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint ...

– Founded by Pauline Hancock, this denomination is split from the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) in 1946. *

Church of Christ (Whitmerite) The Church of Christ, informally referred to as the Church of Christ (Whitmerite), was founded by David Whitmer, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates, who had been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latt ...

– A denomination, founded in 1847 and reformed 1871, based on the claims of David Whitmer, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon. * Church of Christ (Brewsterite) – A denomination founded in 1848 by James C. Brewster and Hazen Aldrich. *

Latter Day Church of Christ The Latter Day Church of Christ (LDCC) or Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS) is a Mormon fundamentalist denomination within the Latter Day Saint movement. The DCCS was established in 1935 by Elden Kingston, son of Charles W. Kingston, and i ...

, a Mormon fundamentalist denomination based in Utah * Church of Christ (David Clark) – Also known as "Lion of God Ministry". Clark broke from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in November 1985. * Church of Christ (Leighton-Floyd/Burt) - This denomination, founded by Howard Leighton-Floyd and H. H. Burt in 1965, split from the Church of Christ with the Elijah Message.

Others

, autonomous congregations using the name "church of Christ" that have no historical connection to the Restoration Movement * Church of Christ, Instrumental, also known as the Kelleyites, a Baptist denomination in Arkansas *

Church of Christ, Scientist The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Mary Baker Eddy, author of '' Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,'' and founder of Christian Science. The church was founded "to commemorate the word and ...

, also known as Christian Science

Country-specific churches known as Church of Christ

Church of Christ in Congo The Church of Christ in the Congo or CCC (in French, or ECC) is a union of 62 Protestant denominations, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it is often simply referred to as the Protestant Chur ...

, the administrative and spiritual union of denominations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Church of Christ in Thailand, the largest Protestant Church in Thailand. *

Iglesia ni Cristo The (INC; ; ) is an independent Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, church founded in 1913 and registered by Felix Manalo, Félix Manalo in 1914 as a corporation sole, sole religious corporation ...

(Filipino translation for "Church of Christ"), an independent church originating in the Philippines *

United Church of Christ in the Philippines The United Church of Christ in the Philippines ( Tagalog: ''Ang Nagkaisang Iglesia ni Cristo sa Pilipinas''; Ilokano: ''Nagkaykaysa nga Iglesia Ni Cristo iti Filipinas'') is a mainline Protestant denomination in the Philippines. Established i ...

, the largest Protestant group in the Philippines *

United Church of Christ – Congregational in the Marshall Islands The United Church of Christ – Congregational in the Marshall Islands (UCCCMI) is a Protestant Christian church in the Marshall Islands. With approximately 40,000 members, the UCCCMI is the largest religious group in the Marshall Islands,

, the largest religious group in the Marshall Islands *

, a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States amalgamated from four congregationalist groups in 1957 (see also

)

Individual church buildings or congregations

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Church of Christ Church of Christ may refer to: Church groups * Christianity, the Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ * Christian Church, an ecclesiological term used by denominations to describe the true body of Christia ...

, a church in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen In the

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: * Church of Christ (Guy, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas and associated with the Churches of Christ. * Church of Christ (Perry, Illinois), listed on the NRHP in Illinois *

Church of Christ (Revere, Massachusetts) The Church of Christ, later the Revere Masonic Temple, is a historic church building at 265 Beach Street in Revere, Massachusetts, United States. Now a three-story Shingle style structure, it encapsulates elements of a 1710 colonial meeting hou ...

, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts *

Church of Christ, Swansea Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...