An Address to the Christian Churches

Description

Barton Warren Stone (1772-1844) was one of the leading voices of the Restoration Movement of the nineteenth century (which became known as the Stone-Campbell Movement). When he was ordained to preach, he declared his commitment to simply follow the word of God. This eventually led him to break ties with the Presbyterian church and sign The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery, a document that called for the union of all believers without the man-made religious bodies and creeds that had divided the religious world.

An Address to the Christian Churches discusses several important doctrinal matters, including the Trinity, atonement, the operations of the Spirit, church government, and more. In this short book, Stone was not attempting to author a creed for the churches associated with the Restoration Movement. Instead, he plainly indicated that he was expressing his thoughts and invited his brethren to test every doctrine, as the Bereans did, with the Bible. Using this same approach, readers today can be instructed, challenged, and encouraged by these writings.

Table of Contents:

1. Of Trinity
2. Of the Son of God
3. The Atonement
4. On the Operations of the Spirit
5. On Faith
6. On Church Government
7. On Partyism and Party Names
8. Of Schism
9. Of Heresy
10. On Shakerism

Additional Information:

Type: Paperback, perfect bound
Page count: 116 pages
Dimensions: 6″ x 9″
ISBN: 978-1-967420-38-4