One Church: A Bicentennial Celebration of Thomas Campbell's Declaration and Address

by Glenn Thomas Carson, Douglas A. Foster, Clinton J. Holloway

One Church is a celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of Thomas Campbell's Declaration and Address (1809). But it is much more. In the spirit of that stirring plea for unity from the beginnings of the Stone-Campbell Movement, this volume restates Campbell's Thirteen Propositions and issues a new call for our churches to live out that vision of unity in the twenty-first century.Fifteen authors from Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ/Christian Churches, and Disciples of Christ examine the history of Thomas Campbell's Declaration and Address. And, they how does this document apply to the modern church? This book is divided into three major The historical events surrounding the Declaration and Address; an application of this document to the 21st century; and five communion meditations centered on the spirit of the restoration movement.

127 pages, Paperback

Published May 12, 2008

Reviews

[David Blankenship · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful little book of meditations from the various branches of the Stone-Campbell movement on the implications of Thomas Campbell's Declaration and Address. Not every essay was equal, of course, and I could have done with one more essay rather than the five communion meditations...but it was still excellent.

[Graham Bates · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting and easy read about the unofficial founding document of the Restoration Movement. The restatement by Doug Foster is worth the price of the book. Like the Declaration of Independence it serves as a contradiction to much of what people who hold positions of power say about the movement.
The only knock is that it leans more left (Christian Church and Disciples of Christ) and many on the right (Churches of Christ) may find little in common with the essayists. This is a shame considering the awesome document the Declaration and Address was.