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"The Restoration Movement" refers to the 19th and 20th century stream of events, people and thinking from which the Church of Christ emerged. Church of Christ folks of a certain age imagine that they are restoring the first century church as they find it in the New Testament.
But does restoration itself sometimes need to be restored?
If so, how do Christians restore restoration?
Matt Dabbs, a Church of Christ minister and scholar, offers his answers in his book, Restoring a Movement: A Hopeful Future for Churches of Christ.
In this episode, Matt talks about the powerful trends that fed the rise of the Church of Christ in its 1950s "golden age" in the United States. He also explores the powerful trends that worked against the Church of Christ and led to its decline in U.S. congregations and members in recent decades. Most important, he testifies to the power and work of God that is already making a future for emerging generations...if they choose it.
Links:
Restoring a Movement: A Hopeful Future for Churches of Christ by Matt Dabbs
Home Church Resources (Matt Dabbs's ministry to Christians and congregations who want to explore planting home churches)
The Christian Chronicle's report on Matt Dabbs's "backyard church" that formed during COVID isolation
Donate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donate
Send your comments, ideas, and suggestions to [email protected]
Learn more about the new book, Why Aren't Christians More Like Jesus by Michael Clemens at whyarentchristiansmorelikejesus.com
52nd Annual Caribbean Lectureship in Barbados this July 13 - 16, 2025. Learn more and register at caribbeanlectureship.com.
Freed-Hardeman University graduate degrees in New Testament or Old Testament at fhu.edu/chronicle.
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"The Restoration Movement" refers to the 19th and 20th century stream of events, people and thinking from which the Church of Christ emerged. Church of Christ folks of a certain age imagine that they are restoring the first century church as they find it in the New Testament.
But does restoration itself sometimes need to be restored?
If so, how do Christians restore restoration?
Matt Dabbs, a Church of Christ minister and scholar, offers his answers in his book, Restoring a Movement: A Hopeful Future for Churches of Christ.
In this episode, Matt talks about the powerful trends that fed the rise of the Church of Christ in its 1950s "golden age" in the United States. He also explores the powerful trends that worked against the Church of Christ and led to its decline in U.S. congregations and members in recent decades. Most important, he testifies to the power and work of God that is already making a future for emerging generations...if they choose it.
Links:
Restoring a Movement: A Hopeful Future for Churches of Christ by Matt Dabbs
Home Church Resources (Matt Dabbs's ministry to Christians and congregations who want to explore planting home churches)
The Christian Chronicle's report on Matt Dabbs's "backyard church" that formed during COVID isolation
Donate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donate
Send your comments, ideas, and suggestions to [email protected]
Learn more about the new book, Why Aren't Christians More Like Jesus by Michael Clemens at whyarentchristiansmorelikejesus.com
52nd Annual Caribbean Lectureship in Barbados this July 13 - 16, 2025. Learn more and register at caribbeanlectureship.com.
Freed-Hardeman University graduate degrees in New Testament or Old Testament at fhu.edu/chronicle.
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