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Restoration of the New

Testament Church

Lesson 1 in Passing the Torch

Around the World

Central European persecutions 1000AD – 1100AD

Alsace Lorraine

Altevangelische of 1914

England 1500-1600AD

“Anabaptists”

North AmericaGreat Awakening of the 1700s

Severing of ties with England

North AmericaBarton Stone

(c. 1801-1844)

North AmericaThomas Campbell

(c. 1809-1854)

“Where the Bible speaks, we speak; Where the Bible is silent, we are silent”

“In essentials unity; in non-essentials liberty; in all things charity”

North AmericaAlexander Campbell (c. 1812-1866)

The Christian Baptist

The Millennial Harbinger

The Restoration of the New Testament ChurchMeans to achieve Unity

A creed?

An oversight of multiple churches?

One source of Faith!

The Restoration of the New Testament ChurchCan the church be “restored”?

Matthew 16:18

What can be “restored”?

Galatians 6:1

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy we ARE the New Testament Church

1.We are told it is for us

Acts 2:39

Ephesians 2:17

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy we ARE the New Testament Church

1.We are told it is for us

2. We are told it is a pattern

I Corinthians 4:17

Philippians 4:9

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy we ARE the New Testament Church

1.We are told it is for us

2. We are told it is a pattern

3. We are told it is comprehensible

Ephesians 3:1-5

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy WE are the New Testament Church

(Others claim to be the NT church)

Catholic Church & Orthodox Church

Baptist Church

Mormon Church claims a restoration

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy WE are the New Testament Church

1.We are not something else

2.We mimic that church; it is not us

3.“We” are limited to our congregation