Reflections on the “Restoration Summit”

Visits: 46 [Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Manuscripts page.]   On August 7-9, 1984, a meeting billed as a “Restoration Summit” was conducted at Joplin, Missouri. The “Summit” was first conceived and suggested by brother Alan Cloyd of Nashville, Tennessee, in…

What is Sectarianism?

Visits: 35[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction “I am trying to think my way out of a sectarian attitude. I grew up in the context of one. I learned a sectarian spirit. I breathed a sectarian spirit….

The Church of Christ Is Not a Denomination

Visits: 33[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction The church of Christ is not only constitutionally non-denominational, but anti-denominational. Christ built only one church (Mat. 16:18); denominationalism encourages the idea of many churches. The way of Christ is…

Preachers and Preaching—an Overview

Visits: 29[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.] Introduction In ages past God called men to preach His Word by immediate and/or supernatural means. He apparently thus enlisted and inspired all the Old Testament prophets (Exo. 3:10– 4:17; Jer….