Church of Christ

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For individual church buildings/congregations please see Church of Christ (disambiguation)

Church of Christ is the name of several church denominations, some of which are closely related to one another and some of which are not.

It may refer to:

one of several New Testament designations for a local band of people following the teachings of Jesus, whom they believed to be the Christ; only the plural form is found in the NT (e.g., Romans 16:16)
the entire body of Christians throughout the world, regardless of denomination or tradition
a body of Christians who continue to use only the New Testament as the source for Christian doctrine and practice and who consider themselves to be part of the original church (in contrast to Orthodox Christianity, Catholic Christianity, or Protestant Christianity.)
the Eastern Orthodox or Roman Catholic churches (primarily used by members of these churches)
a number of Restorationist church denominations:
- Church bodies influenced by the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement:
  - Churches of Christ
  - Churches of Christ in Australia
  - Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ
  - International Churches of Christ, an offshoot of the Churches of Christ
  - Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
  - The churches of Christ (non-institutional)
  - Historically related groups—see Christian Connexion and Christadelphians.
- Denominations with a shared heritage in the Latter Day Saint movement, which include:
  - Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), the original name of the first Latter Day Saint church, founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr.
  - Church of Christ (Temple Lot), a Latter Day Saint denomination based in Independence, Missouri
  - Church of Christ with the Elijah Message, which broke away from the Temple Lot church in 1929
  - Church of Christ at Halley's Bluff, which broke away from the Temple Lot church in 1932
  - Church of Christ (Whitmerite), an extinct Latter Day Saint denomination
  - Church of Christ (Brewsterite), an extinct Latter Day Saint denomination
  - Church of Christ (Parrishite), an extinct Latter Day Saint denomination
  - Latter Day Church of Christ, a Mormon fundamentalist denomination based in Utah
  - And other denominations called the Church of Jesus Christ

United Church of Christ, a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States amalgamated from four congregationalist groups in 1957 (See also Christian Connexion.)
United Church of Christ – Congregational in the Marshall Islands, the largest religious group in the Marshall Islands
Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as Christian Science
Church of Christ in Congo, the administrative and spiritual union of denominations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Iglesia ni Cristo (Filipino translation for "Church of Christ"), a denomination originating in the Philippines
Church of Christ, Instrumental, also known as the Kelleyites, a Baptist denomination in Arkansas