Christian Churches (independent) & Instrumental Churches Of Christ

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Christian churches generally follow the free-worship tradition in its nineteenth-century evangelical form, featuring gospel songs, informal structure, and evangelistic sermons with invitations. Unlike most other free churches, however, they celebrate the Lord's Supper weekly. In recent years, some churches have been influenced by liturgical and praise-and-worship practices.

In the United States alone there are some 1. 5 million members of the Christian Church/Church of Christ, yet in some...

 

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