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American Church History: Christian and Restoration Churches

This research guide provides resources pretraining to American church history and includes books, ebooks, open access resources, and websites.

Christian and Restoration Churches

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): Founded in 1849, membership is estimated to be 398,072 across 3,135 congregations (2020).

Christian Churches and Churches of Christ: Founded in 1830's membership is estimated to be 1,379,041 across 4,787 churches (2020). This denomination does not have a headquarters and rejects denominationalism. 

Christian Congregation in North America: Founded in 1887, membership is estimated to be 122,181 across 1,496 churches (2004). 

Churches of God, General Conference (Winebrenner): Founded in 1860, membership is estimated to be 31,228 across 301 churches (2020).

Churches of Christ: Founded in 1906, membership is estimated to be 1,422,331 across 11,881 churches (2020). This denomination does not have a headquarters and rejects denominationalism. 

International Churches of Christ: Founded in 1979, membership is estimated to be 53,612 across 175 churches (2020). 

Holy Bible

There is no official bible for these denominations, but different churches may prefer one translation over another.