Inside the log Cane Ridge Meeting House in Kentucky, rows of wooden benches under a beamed ceiling.

Tradition

Restorationist

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Restorationist churches seek to restore the New Testament church directly, setting aside the creeds and denominations that came later.

Organizations in This Tradition

National City Christian Church in Washington, D.C., its columned portico and green-domed tower on the street.

Organization Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) the mainline body of the Stone-Campbell movement.

The Indiana Avenue Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas: the congregation's sign, with its meeting house behind.

Organization Churches of Christ autonomous congregations seeking the New Testament pattern, without a central headquarters.

The spiraling shell spire of the Community of Christ Temple in Independence, Missouri, under grey cloud.

Organization Community of Christ the second largest body of the Latter Day Saint movement, headquartered in Independence, Missouri.

The bright multi-level atrium inside Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, escalators around a central fountain.

Organization Independent Christian Churches congregations of the Stone-Campbell movement that stand outside the Disciples' structures.

A single-story Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on a grassy corner in Willawong, its name on the wall.

Organization Jehovah's Witnesses a body arising from the Bible Student movement of Charles Taze Russell, directed from Warwick, New York.

The grey granite spires of the Salt Lake Temple above green lawns in Salt Lake City.

Organization The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830. Its members identify as Christians. Most historic churches do not recognize its doctrine of God or its baptisms, and it is also classed by scholars among the new religious movements.

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