The Disciples: A Struggle for Reformation

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The Disciples: A Struggle for Reformation is the most current and comprehensive book on the total history of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Furnishing information on the past two centuries of the denomination, Cummins follows the writings of Disciples' history and reformation.


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The Disciples: A Struggle for Reformation Review

Few historians have been so well positioned to write an account of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) as Dr. D. Duane Cummins. He established himself teaching American history at Oklahoma City University all the while being an active Disciple churchman. He has headed the Division of Higher Education for the Disciples, served as Moderator of the Church, spent some 14 years as President of Bethany College which was established by Alexander Campbell, edited a three volume literary biography of Campbell, authored biographies of Dale Fiers and Kenneth Teegarden - foremost leaders of the Disciples as General Ministers and Presidents of the restructured denomination in the latter 20th century - and, since retiring with the title of President Emeritus of Bethany, served as interim President of Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University. He is now a visiting scholar in American History at Johns Hopkins University.

This general history of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will be of interest to all heirs of the Stone-Campbell movement for Christian unity and restoration of New Testament Christianity. Not only they but all interested in the history of the culture and faith of frontier America in the 19th century. In addition, Cummins traces profound changes of the 20th century as the U.S. made its transition from rural to urban life and how it has affected one faith community.

The sub-title A Struggle for Reformation is appropriate! The first half of the book eloquently describes the leaders, hopes and dreams of at least three generations with eventual separation into at least three fellowships or "denominations". The second part of the book focuses on developments as the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) wing of the Stone-Campbell congregations emerge as a restructured church.

Previous histories by Garrison and DeGroot, Tucker and McAllister, while excellent, do not provide a history of the Disciples into the years since restructure. Cummins thus will be an essential text for students of the Disciples.

In addition to his concise and informative writing, which holds a reader's attention, Cummins provides excellent end notes, as complete a Bibliography as one could hope for, a helpful Index and even an Historic Time Line helpful in understanding how leaders and events fit into time. Also, there is a treasure in pictures of people and places.

This book is a must for every Disciple pastor, every congregation's library and will make an excellent and affordable text for discussion groups. I have been reading Disciple church history for more than sixty years and have been delighted at how much unknown material I have discovered in The Disciples - A Struggle for Reformation. It's the kind of book one will keep and refer to often.

- Robert E. Gartman, retired minister, Dallas

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