The Baptists have been non-creedal “ in that they have not sought to establish binding authoritative confessions of faith on one another .” Also rejecting creeds are groups with roots in the Restoration Movement, such as the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ), the Evangelical Christian Church in Canada and the Churches of Christ.

Others, including the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ), Evangelical Christian Church in Canada, Churches of Christ, and the Christian churches and churches of Christ, have their roots in the contemporaneous Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement, which was centered in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Two more are in the near Cadillac area (' Caberfae Ski Resort ' and ' Greenwood Disciples of Christ Church ') and another two are dispersed in surrounding Wexford County (' Battle of Manton ' and ' 1st Wexford County Court House ').

The General Council of Congregational Christian Churches was formed from a merger between the National Council of Congregational Churches and the General Convention of the Christian Church, also known as Christian Churches or Christian Connection ( not to be confused with, although partially related to, the Disciples of Christ ).

Similar reservations about the use of creeds can be found in the Restoration Movement and its descendants, the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ), the Churches of Christ, and the Christian churches and churches of Christ.

* Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ )

The Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in North America.

It is often referred to as The Christian Church, The Disciples of Christ, or more simply as The Disciples.

The name, Disciples of Christ, is shared by two groups, The Churches of Christ and the independent Christian churches and churches of Christ.

" Alexander Campbell insisted upon " Disciples of Christ ".

Prior to the 1906 separation, congregations would typically be named " Disciples of Christ ," " Christian Church ," and " Church of Christ.

More than the name separates each church example :" Independent Christian Church " will not accept a woman as a minister when some of the " Disciples of Christ " congregation will.

These different congregations ( Disciples of Christ, Church of Christ, and Independent Church ) share many of the same beliefs and practices but there are, in fact, differences.

In 1906, the U. S. Religious Census listed Churches of Christ for the first time as a group which was separate and distinct from the Disciples of Christ.

It maintains Ministerial Partner Standing with the United Church of Christ, which means that clergy ordained in the Disciples of Christ may also serve in the United Church of Christ.

It maintains covenantal relationships with the United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church and the Disciples of Christ, ensuring the school provides the necessary requirements for candidates to seek ordination within these denominations.

In 1971, the ecumenical movement reached its height as a joint commission the United and Anglican Churches and the Disciples of Christ approved a Plan of Union, and The Hymn Book, a joint publication of the United and Anglican Churches was published.

The Alliance is in ecumenical partnership with groups such as the American Baptist Churches in the USA, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the African-American Progressive National Baptist Convention, and in cooperation with the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ).

Christian Theological Seminary is an ecumenical seminary related to the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ).

Another recipient of the Lilly Endowment has included the ecumenical Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ) congregations, who wish to pattern their ministry after Charles E. Fuller, the father of New Evangelicalism, with one project called the Bethany Project.

The Disciples celebrate their oneness with all who seek God through Jesus Christ, throughout time and regardless of location.

The logo of the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ) is a red chalice with a white St. Andrew's Cross.

Organizations not affiliated with the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ) are asked to obtain permission.

Because intellectual and religious freedom are important values for the Disciples of Christ, the colleges, universities, and seminaries founded by its congregations do not seek to indoctrinate students or faculty with a sectarian point of view.

* John never lists all of the Twelve Disciples and names at least one disciple ( Nathanael ) whose name is not found in the synoptics ; Nathanael appears to parallel the apostle Bartholomew found in the synoptics, as both are paired with Philip in the respective gospels.

The French tradition of Saint Lazare of Bethany is that Mary, her brother Lazarus, and Maximinus, one of the Seventy Disciples and some companions, expelled by persecutions from the Holy Land, traversed the Mediterranean in a frail boat with neither rudder nor mast and landed at the place called Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer near Arles.

At a local level, many Unitarian Christian groups ( or members ) have links with congregations affiliated with the United Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, and Unity Church ; some argue they feel more at home within these denominations than Unitarian Universalism.

According to Hippolytus, they all belonged to the " Seventy Disciples " who were sent out by Jesus to saturate Judea with the gospel ( Luke 10: 1ff .).

Churches with roots in this movement include the Churches of Christ, Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ), Evangelical Christian Church in Canada and the Christian churches and churches of Christ.

The biblical narrative of Pentecost, where the 12 Disciples of Christ ( Acts 1: 13, 26 ) along with about 108 other individuals ( Acts 1: 15 ), including many women, among whom was Mary the mother of Jesus ( Acts 1: 14 ) received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room, is given in the second chapter of the Book of Acts.

Canton is the site of Culver-Stockton College, a small liberal arts college affiliated with the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ).

Carr-Burdette College, a women's college affiliated with Disciples of Christ, operated there from 1894 to 1929.

1877 ); Charles Voysey, Fragments from Reimarus ( London, 1879 ) ( a translation of the life of Reimarus by Strauss, with the second part of the seventh fragment, on the " Object of Jesus and his Disciples "); the Lives of Lessing by Danzel and G. E. Guhrauer, Sime, and Zimmern ; Kuno Fischer, Geschichte der neuern Philosophie ( vol.

The Disciples of Christ eliminate the masculine pronouns, while others, such as the Anglican Church of Canada ( Common Praise ), the United Church of Canada ( Voices United ), and the United Church of Christ ( New Century Hymnal ), replace " heavenly host " with a reference to God's love.

" Donald Tingle and Richard Fordyce, ministers with the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ) who debated two Unification Church theologians in 1977, wrote: " In short, indemnity is anything you want to make it, since you establish the conditions.

The main Dharma system of the Sakya school is the Path with Its Result dang ' bras bu bcas, which is split into two main lineages, Explanation for the Assembly ( tshogs bshad ) and the Explanation for Close Disciples ( slobs bshad ).

These include The Descent from the Cross by Rogier van der Weyden, The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch, Knight with his Hand on his Breast by El Greco, The Death of the Virgin by Mantegna, The Holy Family, known as " La Perla ", by Raphael, Charles V at Mülhberg by Titian, Christ Washing the Disciples ’ Feet by Tintoretto, Dürer's Self-portrait, Las Meninas by Velázquez, The Three Graces by Rubens, and The Family of Charles IV by Goya.

* In the television series Smallville, in the fifth season premiere " Arrival ", Clark Kent battles two evil Kryptonians named Nam-Ek & Aethyr ( Disciples of Zod ), and when he refuses to join them in their quest to subjugate Earth, the Kryptonians attempt to banish Clark to the Phantom Zone using a metallic bracelet, inscribed with Kryptonian symbols, that opens up a vortex.

With union talks with the Anglicans already at end, talks with the Disciples of Christ also ended in 1985.

The Disciples continues to relate to the National Council of Churches, of which it was a founding member.

After the division, Disciples churches used " Christian Church " as the dominant designation for congregations.

Jesus commissions the Twelve Disciples and sends them to preach to the Jews, perform miracles, and prophesy the imminent coming of the Kingdom, commanding them to travel lightly, without staff or sandals, and to be prepared for persecution.

He soon, however, recovered and wrote, for the benefit of his two sons, his Malmad ha-Talmidim, a name which, involving a play on words, was intended to be both a Teacher of the Disciples and a Goad to the Students.

Yet Religious Sisters can also do this form of ministry, e. g., the Maryknoll Missionary Sisters have small houses of contemplative Sisters, some in mission locations, who pray for the work of the priests, brothers and other Sisters of their Congregation ; the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master are also cloistered Sisters who pray in support of their sister congregation, the Daughters of St. Paul in their media ministry.

The practice is universal within the Churches of Christ and prevalent in the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ but has become uncommon in the Disciples of Christ, which use The Reverend for ordained ministers.

In 1852, sixty-three-year-old Elijah Davidson and his family set out for Oregon Territory By 1854, more than a dozen Disciples families from Monmouth, many of them related to each other or to Davidson, had joined him.

In 1982, Danelli joined Steve Van Zandt in Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul for the group's first two albums.

** Andrae Crouch for Take Me Back performed by Andrae Crouch & the Disciples

** Andrae Crouch for Live in London performed by Andrae Crouch & the Disciples

Disciples of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn brought their version of gymnastics to the United States, while Catherine Beecher and Dio Lewis set up physical education programs for women in the 19th Century.

In the history of religion, for example, Boles ( 1993 ) notes that William Warren Sweet at the University of Chicago Divinity School, argued that churches adapted to the characteristics of the frontier, creating new denominations such as the Mormons, the Church of Christ, the Disciples of Christ, and the Cumberland Presbyterians.

According to the book The Techno Primer, the 1991 album Road to Freedom by Young Disciples was " very influential " in the genre, as the band " set the tone for this movement.

After the division Disciples churches used " Christian Church " as the dominant designation for congregations.

In 1968, at the International Convention of Christian Churches ( Disciples of Christ ), those Christian Churches that favored cooperative mission work adopted a new " provisional design " for their work together, becoming the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ).

Historically, the term " Disciples of Christ " has also been used by some as a collective designation for the movement.

It has evolved, however, into a designation for a particular branch of the movement-the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ )-as a result of the divisions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Nichiren Shū does not believe Nichiren designated a single successor, as taught for instance by Nichiren Shoshu, but that he designated Six Senior Disciples to succeed him.

The first of these took place shortly after the end of the 40 day mourning period for Ayyash and the cell that claimed responsibility called itself " Disciples of the martyr Yahya ' Ayyash ", stating it was a revenge attack for his assassination.