Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), often abbreviated as the Disciples of Christ or Christian Church, is a denomination of Christian Restorationism that grew out of the Restoration Movement founded by Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell of Pennsylvania and West Virginia (then Virginia) and Barton W. Stone of Kentucky. Both families were originally Presbyterians. Today there are over 700,000 members in around 3,700 congregations in North America. It is one of the largest Christian denominations founded on American soil.