The Beginnings of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

Centennial Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was born on the American Frontier at the 1801 Great Revival held at Cane Ridge, Kentucky. Seeking to restore New Testament Christianity, early founders Alexander and Thomas Campbell and Walter Scott emphasized unity through Jesus Christ. They encouraged all  believers to study scripture and to embrace its teachings as the central authority for their lives. They taught that all baptized believers were ministers of the gospel, called to continue Jesus' ministry in the world where one lives. Our early founders rejected church teachings that required examination by church officials before one could participate at the Lord's Table and encouraged all believers to respond to Christ’s invitation to communion weekly.

From these early roots,  today's Disciples consider ourselves to be a movement for God's wholeness in a fragmented world. We embrace the following core values:
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• baptism by immersion preferred but all forms of baptism seen as the outward sign of the inward working of God's grace; 
• open communion where all are welcome;  
• the unity of the church and the importance of ecumenical partnerships; 
• the Bible as God's Word of Love and Reconciliation; and 
• the ministry of all believers of all age. 
  
  

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Inside Cane Ridge Meeting House, Paris, Kentucky.