Campbellite
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Campbellite refers to any of the religious groups historically descended from the Restoration Movement, a religious reform movement in the early 19th century in the United States. The major groups are:
- The Churches of Christ movement
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- The Christian churches and churches of Christ
- The churches of Christ (non-institutional)
Some (though not all) members of these groups consider the term "Campbellite" derogatory, saying that they are followers of Jesus, not Campbell. They draw parallels with Martin Luther's protest of the name "Lutherans." Others deem it a neutral tribute to the origins of their churches in the work of Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell (among others). These groups were originally called "reformed Baptist", but were not related to the Reformed Baptist tradition. According to Roy Hattersley (David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider;Little Brown 2010) Lloyd George grew up in a branch based in North Wales, in the nineteenth century.
Other prominent individuals in the early movement included Sidney Rigdon and Parley P. Pratt, who, along with more than 3,000 of their adherents converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or "Mormonism" in the 1830s in Ohio.
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