Brush Run Church

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Brush Run Church was an early 19th-century congregation in Pennsylvania that became a foundational church of the Campbell Movement within the Restorationist Christian tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian congregation
historical church
aim to restore the primitive church described in the New Testament
associatedWith Barton W. Stone–Alexander Campbell tradition NERFINISHED
Stone–Campbell Movement NERFINISHED
classification Protestant church
country United States of America
surface form: United States
denominationalOrigin Christian Association of Washington NERFINISHED
doctrineSource New Testament NERFINISHED
earlyLeader Alexander Campbell NERFINISHED
Thomas Campbell NERFINISHED
earlyPractice believers’ baptism by immersion
open communion based on New Testament pattern
ecclesiasticalPolity congregational
foundedBy Alexander Campbell NERFINISHED
Thomas Campbell NERFINISHED
members of the Christian Association of Washington
foundingCentury 19th century
foundingDate 1811
heritage part of the Stone–Campbell Restoration heritage
historicalRole early center of the Restoration Movement in Pennsylvania
foundational congregation of the Campbell Movement
influenced Christian Churches and Churches of Christ NERFINISHED
Churches of Christ NERFINISHED
Disciples of Christ NERFINISHED
languageOfWorship English
legacy considered a birthplace of the Disciples of Christ tradition
considered an origin point for Churches of Christ in America
location near Brush Run, Washington County, Pennsylvania
mergedInto Union church at Wellsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) NERFINISHED
movementStatus prototype congregation for Stone–Campbell churches
notableEvent adoption of immersion as baptism following Alexander Campbell’s study of the New Testament
region Western Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
rejected binding human creeds
religiousTradition Campbell Movement NERFINISHED
Restoration Movement NERFINISHED
Restorationist Christianity NERFINISHED
state Pennsylvania
status defunct local congregation
theologicalEmphasis baptism by immersion
congregational autonomy
rejection of human creeds
restoration of New Testament Christianity
weekly observance of the Lord’s Supper

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Campbell Movement hasPart Brush Run Church