Restoration Movement Basics

Cookson Hills Christian Ministries is a benevolent work of Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ. As such, we hold to the generally accepted principles of the Restoration Movement.

Some of these principles are as follows:

1. Recognition of Christ as supreme authority in religion and the New Testament as the only rule of faith and practice.

2. A proper distinction between the Old and New Testaments.

3. Recognition of the New Testament pattern of the church.

4. The autonomy of the local church.

5. The unity of all Christians.

Simply put, we desire to be Christians Only the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ are autonomous churches that have fellowship with one another as a part of a "brotherhood." We have no denominational status, no hierarchy, no headquarters and no official voice. We are a segment of the Restoration Movement that James DeForest Murch in Christians Only describes as holding the "Centrist" position.

We desire the unity of Christ's disciples (as Jesus prayed in John 17), but we do not seek unity for unity's sake. We hold to the position that the New Testament, and the New Testament alone, needs to be our rallying point for union. As a body of believers we have identified ourselves with the following statements:

1. "We speak where the Bible speaks, we are silent where the Bible is silent."

2. "In essentials unity; in opinions liberty; in all things love."

3. "We are not the only Christians; we are Christians only."

4. "No creed but Christ; no book but the Bible."

If you would like to read more about the Restoration Movement, check out this link.

www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/

Route 3 Box 200
Kansas, OK, 74347
Phone Numbers:
phone:(918) 597-2192
fax:(918) 597-2200

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