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James,

It's not a disclaimer. It's to help search engine ranking for terms like Restoration Movement, churches of Christ, Christian Church, Disciples of Christ. And I wanted to make sure that other Christians knew they were welcome here.

-Lee

Think of all the LDS/Mormons who will be deposited here by a google search; they, too, claim the moniker "Restoration".  I once made neutral comments about the LDS and had a conversion attempt by e-mail by an LDS sister; how weird.

Yes, Wiley, I know about ole'  Sidney:  His congo in Hiram was a hop-skip-and-jump away from my DoC congo where I served in NE Ohio, until just recently.  It seems that Campbell, pere, spent the winter in our county and area going house-to-house to the brethren (sistren?) and warning them away from Rigdon aft/ the split.  

I have talked to members of the Church of Jesus Christ (Monongahelia, (sp?), Pa) re: Rigdon, a Mormon splinter group (didn't go west w/ Young) and later led by Rigdon:  Their knowledge of Rigdon's Campbellite past--and my suggestion that Smith got his Restorationist vocabulary from Campbellite pulses--draws a total blank.  Same w/ LDS folks, too; but, then:  When one is the "one true church", what valuable things do we unsaved folks have to say, it being that we are not Mormon?   :sarcasim:

There is also info on S Rigdon in Leroy Garrett's book "The Stone-Campbell Movement".  A woman I have worked closely with for many years in security is a very devout Mormon.  We have had some really good discussions over the years on the night shift :D   I asked her about Rigdon one time and she was very aware of his RM ties and we had a very good conversation about him.

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I noticed that this was recently added to the top of the GCM Discussion Board page... Anybody know why?
(Actually, I'm sure that Lee, aka "admin" knows.)

Thanks Lee... That makes sense.

Well, Sidney Rigdon was a part of our movement before he was a Mormon   :0

keb, your thought that Rigdon got much of his restorationist vocabulary from Campbell is asserted by Mormon author Van Wagoner in his new Rigdon bio. I, too, think that view has a lot of merit. Leonard Allen and Richard Hughes have a chapter on Mormonism in their book Discovering our Roots: The Ancestry of Churches of Christ.

Pax.

Quote from: Lee Freeman on Thu Jul 03, 2003 - 21:50:05
keb, your thought that Rigdon got much of his restorationist vocabulary from Campbell is asserted by Mormon author Van Wagoner in his new Rigdon bio. I, too, think that view has a lot of merit. Leonard Allen and Richard Hughes have a chapter on Mormonism in their book Discovering our Roots: The Ancestry of Churches of Christ.

Pax.

Quote from: Texas Conservative on Thu Mar 10, 2016 - 14:49:30

Quote from: Lee Freeman on Thu Jul 03, 2003 - 21:50:05
keb, your thought that Rigdon got much of his restorationist vocabulary from Campbell is asserted by Mormon author Van Wagoner in his new Rigdon bio. I, too, think that view has a lot of merit. Leonard Allen and Richard Hughes have a chapter on Mormonism in their book Discovering our Roots: The Ancestry of Churches of Christ.

Pax.

Thank you so much, Texas.

Wiley mentioned another book as well in this thread.