Arthur, Thanks for your response. There is evidently a movement dedicated to re-uniting the Disciples of Christ, Church of Christ and Christian Church, so your information is correct. The problem I am having now is which of these sects had a church in either Nottingham Twp., Wells Co or Penn Twp., Jay Co in 1870. I have written to the church historian and gotten no response, ditto to the pastor of the nearest active church I could find, which is in Ft. Wayne. Ellie Burch Arthur Hopkins wrote: > According to the World Almanac (1993 ed., p 717), there are two > Christian Churches: > > Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - 4069 churches, 1,039,692 members; and > Christian Church and Churches of Christ - 5579 churches, 1,070,616 members. > > The former was begun "among evangelical Presbyterians in Ky. (1804) > and Penn. (1809), in distress over Protestant factionalism and decline of > fervor. Organized 1832." -p 724. > > Arthur Hopkins > Edmonds, WA > http://www.seanet.com/~arthopkins/