The Stone-Campbell Movement, also known as the Restoration
Movement, arose on the frontiers of early nineteenth-century
America. Like-minded Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians
abandoned denominational labels in order to be "Christians only."
They called followers to join in Christian unity and restore the
ideals of the New Testament church, holding authoritative no book
but the Bible and believing no creed but Christ. Modern-day
inheritors of this movement, including the Churches of Christ (a
cappella) and the Christian Churches (independent), find much in
common with wider evangelical Christianity as a whole. Both groups
are committed to the authority of Scripture and the importance of
personal conversion. Yet Restorationists and evangelicals,
separated by sociological history as well as points of doctrinal
emphasis, have been wary of each other. Evangelicals have often
misunderstood Restorationists as exclusivist separatists and
baptismal regenerationists. On the other hand, Stone-Campbell
adherents have been suspicious of mainstream denominational
evangelicals as having compromised key aspects of the Christian
faith. In recent years Restoration Movement leaders and churches
have moved more freely within evangelical circles. As a result,
Stone-Campbell scholars have reconsidered their relationship to
evangelicalism, pondering to what extent Restorationists can
identify themselves as evangelicals. Gathered here are essays by
leading Stone-Campbell thinkers, drawing from their Restoration
heritage and offering significant contributions to evangelical
discussions of the theology of conversion and ecclesiology. Also
included are responses from noted evangelicals, who assess how
Stone-Campbell thought both corresponds with and diverges from
evangelical perspectives. Along with William R. Baker (editor) and
Mark Noll (who wrote the Foreword), contributors include Tom
Alexander, Jim Baird, Craig L. Blomberg, Jack Cottrell, Everett
Ferguson, Stanley J. Grenz, John Mark Hicks, Gary Holloway, H.
Wayne House, Robert C. Kurka, Robert Lowery, Edward P. Myers and
Jon A. Weatherly. For all concerned with Christian unity and the
restoration of the church, Evangelicalism & the Stone-Campbell
Movement offers a substantive starting point for dialogue and
discussion.
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