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Restoration of the New

Testament ChurchLesson 1 in Passing the Torch

Around the World

Central European persecutions 1000AD – 1100AD

Alsace Lorraine Altevangelische of 1914

England 1500-1600AD“Anabaptists”

North AmericaGreat Awakening of the 1700s

Severing of ties with England

North AmericaBarton Stone (c. 1801-1844)

North AmericaThomas Campbell (c. 1809-1854)

“Where the Bible speaks, we speak; Where the Bible is silent, we are silent”

“In essentials unity; in non-essentials liberty; in all things charity”

North AmericaAlexander Campbell (c. 1812-1866)

The Christian BaptistThe Millennial Harbinger

The Restoration of the New Testament ChurchMeans to achieve UnityA creed?An oversight of multiple churches?One source of Faith!

The Restoration of the New Testament ChurchCan the church be “restored”?Matthew 16:18

What can be “restored”?Galatians 6:1

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy we ARE the New Testament Church1.We are told it is for us

Acts 2:39Ephesians 2:17

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy we ARE the New Testament Church1.We are told it is for us 2. We are told it is a pattern

I Corinthians 4:17Philippians 4:9

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy we ARE the New Testament Church1.We are told it is for us 2. We are told it is a pattern3. We are told it is comprehensible

Ephesians 3:1-5

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy WE are the New Testament Church(Others claim to be the NT church)Catholic Church & Orthodox ChurchBaptist ChurchMormon Church claims a restoration

A Restoration of Man to the New Testament ChurchWhy WE are the New Testament Church1.We are not something else2.We mimic that church; it is not us3.“We” are limited to our congregation