One Church
In the spirit of that stirring plea for unity from the beginnings of the Stone-Campbell movement, this volume restates Campbell’s Thirteen Propositions and issues a new call for our churches to live out that vision of unity in the twenty-first century.
Dear [insert name]:
You may already know about the upcoming celebration of the bicentennial of our faith movement. If not, I invite you, first of all, to visit www.greatcommunion.org to learn what this celebration is all about.
The celebration centers on joint communion services to be held on World Communion Sunday 2009 (October 4, 2009). I would like to invite your congregation to join us for a special communion service on that Sunday afternoon.
Within the next week I will follow up with a phone call to discuss the possibilities of sharing this special remembrance together.
Please feel free to call or email me in the meantime.
Our ancestor Thomas Campbell, who gave us the “Declaration and Address” in 1809 would be happy to know that we are planning to display our Christian unity in such a joyous occasion. I certainly hope that you and your congregation will be able to join us.
I will look forward to talking with you soon.
In Christ,
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