Reflecting on Change Movements of the Past

Welcome:

The articles posted on this page are all devoted to the history of the Churches of Christ here in America. The biographical sketches are of men, who for good or bad, played a major role in the history of our brotherhood.

The careful reader and observer will note that the problems that plagued the Restoration Movement a century ago have come back to haunt us. Santayana well observed that he that does not learn the lessons of history is doomed to repeat the mistakes of history. 
This truism is being played out in our midst as the promoters of change  pursue the same goals that their erring fathers did at the end of the 19th century.

INDEX

1. Standing At The Crossroads 2. J. W. McGarvey; A Lesson For Us 3. Heroes Who Paved The Way For Us 4. Our Past, The Key To Our Present Problems 5. To Understand The Present, Look To The Past 6. The Broken Fellowship 7. Preachers: Then and Now 8. Full Circle 9. The Missionary Society: What It Was; Why It Was Wrong 10. D. S. Burnet, Architect of Apostasy 11. Beware The Revisionists 12. Dr. L. L. Pinkerton 13. Jesse B. Ferguson, A Voice For Change 14. Déjà vu All Over Again 15. What If “Change Agents” Had Been Our Leaders 16. Robert H. Boll 17. Unity Meetings, A Historical Perspective 18. The Terminus Of The Unity Movement 19. Lessons From A Lost Cause 20. In Case You Didn’t Know 21. Poor Benjamin’s Almanac 22. David Lipscomb Stood In The Gap And Made A Difference 23. Voices Of Concern Were Voices Of Change 24. Honesty In Assessing Our Spiritual Ancestry 25. Leaders For The Army Of Christ 26. Pioneers Who Went Before Us 27. T. Larimore - The Man Who Would Not Fight 28. What If Another Census Were Taken?