The movement holds its first national convention at Cincinnati and organizes the American Christian Missionary Society; the convention itself splits opinion, since many held that any body beyond the local congregation lacked scriptural warrant.
Tagged: Christian Restorationist
The Event
- Date
- 1849 (exact)
- Era
- Modern; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Cincinnati; today Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Restorationist
- Key figures
- Alexander Campbell
Primary Sources
- Proceedings of the Cincinnati convention (1849)
Secondary Sources
- González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
Provenance: HIST-0084; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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