Talk:Disciples of Christ church

Undid redirect to Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination.

The Independent Christian Churches / Churches of Christ is a more appropriate link.

They are two separate groups.

The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination was not created until the 1950s. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination was descended from the Independent Christian Churches / Churches of Christ restoration movement. However arguing that the modern Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination is the same as the 1850's Independent Christian Churches / Churches of Christ is like arguing since Boston terriers are descended from wolves then all wolves are Boston Terriers.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Llorracsemaj (talk • contribs) 13:35, 30 March 2012‎


 * Hi Llorracsemaj. The current Christian churches are not the sole successor to the 1850s Restorationists any more than the CCDC is.  The question I was asking, when I changed the redirect to Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was what readers are most likely to mean when they type "Disciples of Christ church" into their browsers.  You may note that Disciples of Christ currently redirects to the CCDC, and it seems sensible that "Disciples of Christ church" should go to the same place as "Disciples of Christ".  Do you have any distinction to propose between those two wordings?
 * You make a good point that 19th-century groups calling themselves the "Disciples of Christ" are not necessarily the progenitors of today's CCDC. Perhaps both "Disciples of Christ" and "Disciples of Christ church" should redirect to Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement), which covers 19th-century movements by that name.  Or perhaps they should both redirect to a disambiguation page that has entries both for the modern Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the 19th-century Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement).  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 17:20, 30 March 2012 (UTC)