Restoration Movement is a Christian movement that began on the United States frontier during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century.
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Restoration Movement is a Christian movement that began on the United States frontier during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century.
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Restoration Movement developed from several independent strands of religious revival that idealized early Christianity.
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Restoration Movement lacks any centralized structure, having originated in a variety of places with different leaders, there is no consistent nomenclature for the movement as a whole.
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The term "Restoration Movement" became popular during the 19th century; this appears to be due to the influence of Alexander Campbell's essays on "A Restoration of the Ancient Order of Things" in the Christian Baptist.
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The term "Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement" emerged towards the end of the 19th century as a way to avoid the difficulties associated with some of the other names that have been used, and to maintain a sense of the collective history of the movement.
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Unlike the Puritans and the later Restoration Movement, Locke did not call for a systematic restoration of the early church.
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Restoration Movement began during, and was greatly influenced by, this second Awakening.
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Restoration Movement was unable to accept the Calvinist doctrines of total depravity, unconditional election, and predestination.
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Restoration Movement organized the Christian Association of Washington, in Washington County, Pennsylvania on the western frontier of the state, not as a church but as an association of persons seeking to grow in faith.
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Restoration Movement wanted to clearly distinguish between essential and non-essential aspects of primitive Christianity.
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Restoration Movement believed that the Bible was clear enough that anyone could understand it and, thus, creeds were unnecessary.
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Restoration Movement believed that those facts, approached in a rational and scientific manner, provided a blueprint or constitution for the church.
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Restoration Movement had more confidence in the potential for human progress and believed that Christians could unite to transform the world and initiate a millennial age.
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Restoration Movement established a non-profit corporation, "The Christian Board of Publication" as the Brotherhood publishing house.
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Restoration Movement saw them as taking a direction very different from the principles enunciated by Thomas and Alexander Campbell.
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Restoration Movement asked them to "redefine their commitment to Christ, " and introduced the use of discipling partners.
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Restoration Movement churches are found around the world and the World Convention of Churches of Christ provides many national profiles.
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Currently, the Restoration Movement is not as divided in Australia as it is in the United States.
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