Arthur,
Thanks for your response.
There is evidently a movement dedicated to re-uniting the Disciples of Christ,
Church of Christ and Christian Church, so your information is correct.
The problem I am having now is which of these sects had a church in either
Nottingham Twp., Wells Co or Penn Twp., Jay Co in 1870. I have written to the
church historian and gotten no response, ditto to the pastor of the nearest active
church I could find, which is in Ft. Wayne.
Ellie Burch
Arthur Hopkins wrote:
According to the World Almanac (1993 ed., p 717), there are
two
Christian Churches:
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - 4069 churches, 1,039,692 members; and
Christian Church and Churches of Christ - 5579 churches, 1,070,616 members.
The former was begun "among evangelical Presbyterians in Ky. (1804)
and Penn. (1809), in distress over Protestant factionalism and decline of
fervor. Organized 1832." -p 724.
Arthur Hopkins
Edmonds, WA
http://www.seanet.com/~arthopkins/