Church of Christ Churches in Illinois near me

There are 162 Church of Christ churches listed with JoinMyChurch.com in Illinois, United States.

Most Church of Christ churches are listed in Chicago (23 churches) , Springfield (6 churches) and Bloomington (6 churches). Aurora, Salem and Elgin also have quite a number of Church of Christ churches listed (4, 3 and 3 churches respectively).

About Church of Christ Denomination

The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship. Many such congregations identify themselves as being nondenominational. The Churches of Christ arose in the United States from the Restoration Movement of 19th-century Christians who declared independence from denominations and traditional creeds. They sought "the unification of all Christians in a single body patterned after the original church described in the New Testament."

Modern Churches of Christ have their historical roots in the Restoration Movement, which was a convergence of Christians across denominational lines in search of a return to an original "pre-denominational" form of Christianity. Participants in this movement sought to base their doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, rather than recognizing the traditional councils and denominational hierarchies that had come to define Christianity since the first century A.D. Members of the Churches of Christ believe that Jesus founded only one church, that the current divisions among Christians do not express God's will, and that the only basis for restoring Christian unity is the Bible. They simply identify themselves as "Christians", without using any other forms of religious or denominational identification. They aspire to be the New Testament church as established by Christ.

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