Historically, the Churches of Christ have stressed observance of forms and orders of worship that adhere strictly to New Testament practices. A recent renewal movement has brought innovation and greater diversity to worship in an effort to involve the emotions and to bring about a genuine encounter with God.
Churches of Christ, which are numerically strongest in the southern "Bible Belt" of the United States, grow out of the nineteenth-century American Restoration movement. A key component...
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