Christian Association of Washington

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The Christian Association of Washington was an early 19th-century religious reform group associated with the Campbell Movement that sought to restore New Testament Christianity and promote Christian unity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian organization ⓘ
religious reform group ⓘ
activePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
associatedWithEvent publication of the Declaration and Address ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Alexander Campbell ⓘ
Thomas Campbell ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolvedOrTransformedInto local congregations of the Restoration Movement ⓘ
doctrine Bible as sole rule of faith and practice ⓘ
Christian unity based on the New Testament ⓘ
congregational autonomy ⓘ
rejection of human creeds as tests of fellowship ⓘ
documentAuthor Thomas Campbell ⓘ
documentDate 1809 ⓘ
documentProduced Declaration and Address ⓘ
Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington ⓘ
foundedBy Alexander Campbell ⓘ
Thomas Campbell ⓘ
early followers of Thomas Campbell ⓘ
hasKeyConcept rejection of denominational divisions ⓘ
return to apostolic Christianity ⓘ
unity of Christians based on the New Testament alone ⓘ
historicalSignificance early organizational expression of the Campbell Movement ⓘ
formative body in the Stone–Campbell Restoration Movement ⓘ
ideology Christian primitivism ⓘ
restorationism ⓘ
inception 1809 ⓘ
influenced American Restoration Movement ⓘ
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ⓘ
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ ⓘ
linked to: Churches of Christ

Churches of Christ ⓘ
Disciples of Christ ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Washington County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
meetingPlace near Washington, Pennsylvania ⓘ
movement Campbell Movement ⓘ
opposedTo denominational exclusivism ⓘ
sectarian creeds ⓘ
partOf Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ
purpose promote Christian unity ⓘ
reform existing churches ⓘ
restore New Testament Christianity ⓘ
region western Pennsylvania ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis non-sectarian Christianity ⓘ
unity in essentials, liberty in opinions ⓘ

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Campbell Movement → hasPart → Christian Association of Washington ⓘ
Christian Association of Washington → documentProduced → Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington ⓘ
linked to: Christian Association of Washington
Brush Run Church → denominationalOrigin → Christian Association of Washington ⓘ
Declaration and Address → publisher → Christian Association of Washington ⓘ
Declaration and Address → associatedOrganization → Christian Association of Washington ⓘ