Alexander Campbell

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Alexander Campbell was a 19th-century religious reformer and key leader in the American Restoration Movement, instrumental in founding the Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theologian
educator
preacher
religious reformer
writer
birthDate 1788-09-12
birthPlace Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
County Antrim, Kingdom of Ireland
burialPlace God’s Acre Cemetery, Bethany, West Virginia
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Ireland
countryOfDeath United States of America
deathDate 1866-03-04
deathPlace Bethany, Virginia, United States
Bethany, West Virginia, United States
denominationalFamily Restorationist
editorOf The Christian Baptist
The Millennial Harbinger
father Thomas Campbell
founded Bethany College
Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia
fullName Alexander Campbell
influenced Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
Churches of Christ
Disciples of Christ
knownFor advocacy of Christian unity based on the New Testament
co-founding the Disciples of Christ
debates with prominent religious figures
influence on Churches of Christ
leadership in the American Restoration Movement
language English
movement American Restoration Movement
Stone–Campbell Movement
notableWork Debate with Bishop John B. Purcell (1837)
Debate with Robert Owen (1829)
The Christian System
occupation author
educator
minister
theologian
positionHeld first president of Bethany College
religion Christianity
spouse Margaret Brown Campbell
Selina Huntington Bakewell Campbell
theologicalEmphasis baptism by immersion for remission of sins
congregational autonomy
rejection of human creeds as tests of fellowship
restoration of New Testament Christianity
weekly observance of the Lord’s Supper


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