Disciples of Christ

noun

1. a Christian denomination, founded in the U.S. by Alexander Campbell in the early part of the 19th century, that rejects all creeds, holds the Bible as a sufficient rule of faith and practice, administers baptism by immersion, celebrates the Lord's Supper every Sunday, and has a congregational polity.

Disciples of Christ

plural noun

1. a Christian denomination founded in the US in 1809 by Thomas and Alexander Campbell

Example Sentences

While a student at the Eclectic Institute, he traveled to area Disciples of Christ churches, where he was paid to give Sunday sermons.

From Literature

Raised in a Churches of Christ congregation in suburban Virginia, she’s now a member of the Disciples of Christ denomination.

From Washington Times

What’s unusual about UCP is that it gathers four denominations under one roof: Methodist, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ.

From Washington Post

He earned a music scholarship to Transylvania University, a Disciples of Christ school in Lexington, Ky., and considered becoming a minister before he felt a more secular calling — to the theater.

From Washington Post

The actor was born in 1937 in Louisville, Ky., and raised in Lexington, where he joined the Protestant Disciples of Christ Christian Church.

From Fox News