God’s Family Through The Centuries
Transcript of God’s Family Through The Centuries
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God’s Family Through TheCenturies
Daniel 2:44
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Daniel 2:44,45
• 44“And in the days of these kings the God ofheaven will set up a kingdom which shall neverbe destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be leftto other people; it shall break in pieces andconsume all these kingdoms, and it shall standforever. 45“Inasmuch as you saw that the stonewas cut out of the mountain without hands, andthat it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, theclay, the silver, and the gold—the great God hasmade known to the king what will come to passafter this. The dream is certain, and itsinterpretation is sure.” - Daniel 2:44,45 NKJV
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Jesus Taught:
Mark 9:1 – SomeStanding Here WillNot Taste DeathBefore The KingdomComes
Matthew 16:13-19 –“Upon This Rock IWill Build My Church. . . And I Will GiveUnto You The KeysOf The Kingdom OfHeaven”
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On That Day Of Pentecost
• Prophecy Fulfilled–vv.16-21 – Joel 2 – God’s Great
And Notable Day–vv. 25-28 – Psalm 16:8-11 –
David’s Prophecy• Church Starts – v.38-40• Kingdom Rule Begins Thru Apostles’
Binding Authority, cf. v.42-47 withMatthew 16:18,19
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Problems In The ChurchRequired Letters
1 & 2 CorinthiansDisunity Through PartyismTaking Brothers To LawIncestDenial Of The Resurrection, etc.
Colossee – Mysticism, GnosticismRevelation – 7 Churches – All With ProblemsActs 20:28ff – Paul’s Warnings
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The Johannes GutenbergPrinting Press - 1454
• ArguablyHistory’sGreatestInvention
• ProducedIn Mainz,Germany
• FirstProducedBook:The Bible
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The Age Of Enlightenment& The Reformation
• John Wycliffe – EnglishReformer (1329-1384)
• Jan Hus – 1373-1415 —Prague, Czechoslovakia
• Martin Luther – 1483-1546 -Germany
• Girolamo Savonarola —1452-1498, Florence, Italy
• William Tyndale — 1494-1536English Reformer
• Ulrich Zwingli – (1484-1531) —Geneva, Switzerland
• John Calvin – 1509-1564 —Another Swiss Reformer
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John Knox1505-1572
GeorgeWishart
1513-1546
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Death ofGeorge Wishart
• Burned AtThis PlaceBy CardinalBeatonMarch 1,1546
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JohnGlas
1695-1773
RobertSandeman1718-1771
Fathers Of Congregationalism
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Tottlebank ChurchA Church of Christ
-Early As 1669
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Robert & James Haldane
James Haldane1768-1851
• Baptist Ministers WhoBrought About Reform InThe British Isles
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KirkbyKirkby Church of ChristChurch of Christ
•• By 1824 a church after the ancient order wasBy 1824 a church after the ancient order wasserving the Lord atserving the Lord at KirkbyKirkby..
•• It was 30 years before any hear of Barton W.It was 30 years before any hear of Barton W.Stone or Alexander CampbellStone or Alexander Campbell
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Movements Independent OfStone & Campbell Part II
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The Work And Influence OfBarton W. Stone
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Cane Ridge RevivalAugust 14-19, 1801
• Area Settled In The Mid 1700s By Daniel Boone And Group From NorthCarolina
• 1791 – Built Largest One–Room Log Cabin In America• Between 15 & 25,000 People Gathered From All Denominations• Many Got Religion, Repented Of Sin And Confessed The Lord• Different Preachers Would Get Up On The Back Of Wagons And Speak To
Groups In Their Area• People Left When Food Ran Out At The End Of Six Days
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The Influence Of Thomas &Alexander Campbell 1809, Thomas1809, Thomas
& Alexander& AlexanderCampbell,Campbell,Bethany,Bethany,VirginiaVirginia
ThomasCampbell
1763 - 1854
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Thomas Campbell born February 1, 1763 inThomas Campbell born February 1, 1763 in NewryNewry,,County Down, Ireland. Arrived here May 13, 1807. ACounty Down, Ireland. Arrived here May 13, 1807. APresbyterian preacher who through study of thePresbyterian preacher who through study of theBible saw the need to preach it and live whollyBible saw the need to preach it and live whollyunder its authority. Now buried at Godunder its authority. Now buried at God’’s Acre,s Acre,Bethany, West Virginia next to his son, Alexander.Bethany, West Virginia next to his son, Alexander.
ThomasCampbell
1763 - 1854
The Presbyterian Church in Ahorey,Northern Ireland where Thomas
Campbell preached beforemoving to the United States.The bell tower is not original.
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Alexander Campbell1788-1866
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1831 Union Of TheReformers (Disciples ofChrist) and Christians
Under The Leadership ofBarton W. Stone in
Kentucky. This UnitedBody Had 10,000
Members In The State.Hill Street ChurchHill Street Church
Lexington, KYLexington, KY
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Coming Together Of AMovement
• Meeting Of Stone’sChristians & Campbell’sDisciples At Hill StreetChurch In Lexington, LastWeek In 1831
• January 1, 1832 JoinedForces With A. Campbell’sDisciples Movement
• “Let us, then my brethren,be no longer Campbellitesor Stoneites, New Lights orOld Lights, or any otherkind of lights, but let uscome to the Bible, and tothe Bible alone, as the onlybook in the world that cangive us all the light weneed.” — John Smith“Raccoon”
John Smith
Hill Street Church,Lexington, Kentucky
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The Printing PressContributed To Union
B.W. Stone’s1826 Christian Messenger
A. Campbell’s1830 Millennial Harbinger
Distributed The Message OfUnion Among Christians,
Later Others Like1884 Firm Foundation &1855 Gospel Advocate
Continued The Unity Call
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Christian Education
• 1834 – Bacon College, Georgetown, Kentucky• 1840 – Bethany College, Virginia• 1843 – Franklin College, Tennessee• 1869 Henderson, Tennessee, Henderson Male &
Female Institute Begins, Root School Out OfWhich Would Later Come Freed-HardemanUniversity
• 1891 – Nashville Bible School Begins, LaterLipscomb University
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1860 — The Incident At Midway, Kentucky
Adam HiblerGrave
L.L. PinkertonGrave
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Other Things Contributing ToDivision
• American Christian Missionary Society– 1849
• The Civil War – 1861-1865• 1866 Christian Standard Begins With
Isaac Errett As Editor – Devoted To AMore Progressive Approach ToChristianity
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Splintering Continues In The20th Century
• March, 1917 Major Controversy In The College Of TheBible Exists Over The Subject Of Higher Criticism, LeadingTo A Major Split Among Christians, Enter: The Disciples OfChrist
• 1920s Controversies With R.H. Boll Over Premillennialism• 1930s & 40s Relative Quietness Due To Economic
Depression & War• 1950s To 1970s Battles Over Support Of
Institutions/Sunday School/Located Preachers/ChristianColleges/etc.
• 1980 To Today – The Change Movement – NewHermeneutics/Worship Styles etc.