The second denomination to effect an organization in McDonough County was the "Christian" or "Disciples of Christ", whose first representatives to make their appearance in the county were ELDER BRISTOW and ELDER LONG in 1831. The oldest church of this creed was organized under the name of the Liberty Church, a few miles from Blandinsville in 1832, but in 1849 it removed to Blandinsville and took the name of Blandinsville Christian Church. Macomb Christian Church was organized in that city, September 16, 1845, with seventeen members, which, added to twenty-nine who had enrolled a few months previous under the preaching of Evangelist ELDER A. J. KANE, made a total of 46. This church has had an extensive growth, and it is now one of the strongest church organizations in the county. Its church building is located at 202 West Jackson Street. A church edifice erected in 1880 has been in use ever since, and is the oldest church building in Macomb. A Christian Endeavor Chapel is situated in West Woodbury Street, in which Sunday School and prayer meetings are held. Bedford Christian Church, located in the northwestern part of Blandinsville Township, was organized on April 7 1850, by ELDER MILTON DODGE, with a strong force of members. Other church organizations of this denomination include Mound Christian Church, organized in 1857 by ELDER J. B. ROYAL, of Vermont, Ill.; The Christian Church of Industry, organized January 27, 1858, by REV. JOHN MCMILLIN with eight members, holding its meetings in schoolhouses and in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church until 1869, when it erected a building of its own; the New Salem Church, organized April 8, 1859, by Mr. Royal; Colchester Christian Church, at Colchester, organized by Elders J.C. REYNOLDS and C. ADES, April 1, 1867, with 116 members; Sciota Christian Church re-organized after a period of depression in January, 1876; New Bedford Church, organized by ELDER J. H. BREEDEN, in November 1871, and Bushnell Church, which erected a church building in 1867, though the exact date of its organization has not been ascertained. In 1878 there were nine congregations of this denomination in the county, with a membership, at that time, of 1,121, which has grown greatly since that period.