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The Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ)
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a theologically moderate, Protestant Christian denomination. The Disciples of Christ, as they are commonly called, originated in the
Restoration Movement. Distinctives of the Disciples faith include an emphasis on
Communion, Baptism and tolerance of widely divergent viewpoints concerning
"non-essentials" of the faith. The group organized officially in 1968 There are approximately 910,000 members with 3820 churches in the United
States today.
The Disciples of Christ participation in the FACT project included a random survey of 764 of their congregations in the United States. A total of 283 questionnaires were returned for a 37.0 percent response rate.
If you are interested in obtaining specific information about the results of the Disciples' survey, please get in touch with their official contact person
J. Bruce Fowlkes at bfowlkes@dhm.disciples.org.
Several additional persons were involved in collecting the Disciples of Christ information.
Michael Naylor was a key researcher, J. Bruce Fowlkes is the person charged with encouraging denominational congregations to use this information, and
Curt Miller is the media contact person for this information.
You are able to find further information about the Disciples of Christ Faith Communities Today participation
at the Homeland
Ministries site. In addition,
read
the press release they distributed to the public.
If you would like to know more about the Disciples, visit the denomination's official web site at
www.disciples.org or these other sites.
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