June 25, 2009
When the division between Churches of Christ and the Christian Churches was recognized by the religious census of 1906, the theological perspectives among the Churches of Christ were fairly diverse. While there was an ecclesiological consensus to separate from the Christian Churches, there was considerable diversity between the three major representative “traditions” among Churches of […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 25, 2009
The previous post stated the specific arguments for silence. This post presents the case for “privilege.” In January 1904 the Christian Leader and The Way merged. Though a friendly merger, it was the union of a strong Tennessee paper with a Northern paper whose roots were shared by Daniel Sommer. This entailed some substantial difference […]
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Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Assembly, Christian Leader, Churches of Christ, Daniel Sommer, Female, Firm Foundation, Indiana Tradition, James A. Harding, Octographic Review, Sommer Tradition, Tennessee Tradition, Women |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 20, 2009
One of the forgotten debates from the first decade of the 20th century among Churches of Christ is whether audible participation in the assembly through prayer, singing, and exhortation was a woman’s privilege or a subversion of the created order. May a woman lead prayer in the assembly? May a woman lead singing in the […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks