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Raccoon John Smith
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Author : Louis Cochran
language : en
Publisher: College PressPub Company
Release Date : 1985-05-01
Raccoon John Smith written by Louis Cochran and has been published by College PressPub Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-05-01 with categories.
Raccoon John Smith
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Author : Daniel Schantz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984-07-01
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Raccoon John Smith
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Author : John Sparks
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2005-12-23
Raccoon John Smith written by John Sparks and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-23 with Political Science categories.
Lexington, Kentucky, has the honor of being the birthplace of one of the first genuinely homegrown American Christian faiths: the Disciples of Christ. Established in 1832 by the union of two Christian groups led by Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone, their descendent churches are now referred to by religious scholars as the Stone-Campbell movement. In the state’s best tradition, this historic movement soon acquired its own larger-than-life legend: Raccoon John Smith, the flamboyant frontier preacher of the southern Kentucky mountains. Smith moved to the lowland Bluegrass and braved considerable odds to preach and establish the self-described “pure, nondenominational” Christianity of Stone and Campbell throughout the state and beyond. The 1832 union of Stone and Campbell’s churches was in fact formalized not by Stone and Campbell, but by Stone together with Smith, who represented Campbell’s constituency in Kentucky. Raccoon John Smith occupies a well-deserved place both in Kentucky and Stone-Campbell history. All previous biographical studies have been colored by the religious faith he embraced and the legends that evolved around him, however, rather than giving an accurate account of Smith’s life. In Raccoon John Smith, Elder John Sparks fills this void in the literature about Smith, using historical sources to present a faithful portrait of a seminal frontier preacher and colorful figure in early Kentucky history.
Raccoon John Smith
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Author : Everett Donaldson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
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The Life Of Elder Raccoon John Smith
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Author : John Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-01-07
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The life of "Raccoon" John Smith was not an easy one. His young family was decimated by a house fire which claimed the lives of his two oldest children. His wife died from a broken heart soon thereafter. John Smith himself came close to death in the months that followed. But God spared him, and set him to working to bring people back to the Bible, and thus back to God. From his early Calvinistic preaching, he turned to follow only what he could prove from the Scriptures. As a result, he lost friends, and gained the ire of almost every denominational leader in the entire state. But throughout the trials and torments, John Smith became the most well-known preacher in the entire state. But his life was not all sadness. He was well known for his wit and humor in preaching, debating, teaching, and conversing. You will smile as you read about the Methodist preacher who begged not to be baptized by him; of the woman who asked if he'd ever seen a Campbellite; of his announcement that the writer of an anti-Campbellism book was selling copies of it at a meeting of preachers; and much, much more. Completely reformatted, corrected, and annotated, The Life of Elder Raccoon John Smith is a book that belongs in every Christian's library, and should be well-worn with use.
Raccoon John Smith
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Author : Elder Sparks
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2005-12-23
Raccoon John Smith written by Elder Sparks and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Disciples of Christ, one of the first Christian faiths to have originated in America, was established in 1832 in Lexington, Kentucky, by the union of two groups led by Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone. The modern churches resulting from the union are known collectively to religious scholars as part of the Stone-Campbell movement. If Stone and Campbell are considered the architects of the Disciples of Christ and America’s first nondenominational movement, then Kentucky’s Raccoon John Smith is their builder and mason. Raccoon John Smith: Frontier Kentucky’s Most Famous Preacher is the biography of a man whose work among the early settlers of Kentucky carries an important legacy that continues in our own time. The son of a Revolutionary War soldier, Smith spent his childhood and adolescence in the untamed frontier country of Tennessee and southern Kentucky. A quick-witted, thoughtful, and humorous youth, Smith was shaped by the unlikely combination of his dangerous, feral surroundings and his Calvinist religious indoctrination. The dangers of frontier life made an even greater impression on John Smith as a young man, when several instances of personal tragedy forced him to question the philosophy of predeterminism that pervaded his religious upbringing. From these crises of faith, Smith emerged a changed man with a new vocation: to spread a Christian faith wherein salvation was available to all people. Thus began the long, ecclesiastical career of Raccoon John Smith and the germination of a religious revolution. Exhaustively researched, engagingly written, Raccoon John Smith is the first objective and painstakingly accurate treatment of the legendary frontier preacher. The intricacies behind the development of both Smith’s personal religious beliefs and the founding of the Christian Church are treated with equal care. Raccoon John Smith is the story of a single man, but in carefully examining the events and people that influenced Elder Smith, this book also serves as a formative history for several Christian denominations, as well as an account of the wild, early years of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Life Of Elder John Smith With Some Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Current Reformation
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Author : John Augustus Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
Life Of Elder John Smith With Some Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Current Reformation written by John Augustus Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Baptists categories.
The Roots Of Appalachian Christianity
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Author : Elder John Sparks
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-10-17
The Roots Of Appalachian Christianity written by Elder John Sparks and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-17 with History categories.
Appalachia's distinctive brand of Christianity has always been something of a puzzle to mainline American congregations. Often treated as pagan and unchurched, native Appalachian sects are labeled as ultraconservative, primitive, and fatalistic, and the actions of minority sub-groups such as "snake handlers" are associated with all worshippers in the region. Yet these churches that many regard as being outside the mainstream are living examples of America's own religious heritage. The emotional and experience-based religion that still thrives in Appalachia is very much at the heart of American worship. The lack of a recognizable "father figure" like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox compounds the mystery of Appalachia's religious origins. Ordained minister John Sparks determined that such a person must have existed, and his search turned up a man less literate, urbane, and well-known than Luther, Calvin, and Knox -- but no less charismatic and influential. Shubal Stearns, a New England Baptist minister, led a group of sixteen Baptists -- now dubbed "The Old Brethren" by Old School Baptists churches in Appalachia -- from New England to North Carolina in the mid-eighteenth century. His musical "barking" preaching is still popular, and the association of churches that he established gave birth to many of the disparate denominations prospering in the region today. A man lacking in the scholarship of his peers but endowed with the eccentricities that would make their mark on Appalachian faith, Stearns has long been an object of shame among most Baptist historians. In The Roots of Appalachian Christianity, Sparks depicts an important religious figure in a new light. Poring over pages of out-of-print and little-used histories, Sparks discovered the complexity of Stearns's character and his impact on Appalachian Christianity. The result is a history not just of this leader but of the roots of a religious movement.
The Stone Campbell Movement
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Author : Leroy Garrett
language : en
Publisher: College Press
Release Date : 2002
The Stone Campbell Movement written by Leroy Garrett and has been published by College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Religion categories.
The Churches Of Christ
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Author : Richard T. Hughes
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2001-05-30
The Churches Of Christ written by Richard T. Hughes and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-30 with Religion categories.
This volume tells the story of the Churches of Christ, one of three major denominations that emerged in the United States from a religious movement led by Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone in the early 19th century. Beginning as an effort to provide a basis on which all Christians in America could unite, the leaders of the movement relied on the faith and practice of the primitive church. Ironically, this unity movement eventually divided precisely along the lines of its original agenda, as the Churches of Christ rallied around the restorationist banner while the Disciples of Christ gathered around the ecumenical cause. Yet, having begun as a countercultural sect, the Churches of Christ emerged in the 20th century as a culture-affirming denomination. This brief history, together with biographical sketches of major leaders, provides a complete overview of the denomination in America. The book begins with a concise yet detailed history of the denomination's beginnings in the early 19th century. Tracing the influence of such leaders as Stone and Campbell, the authors chronicle the triumphs and conflicts of the denomination through the 19th century and its reemergence and renewal in the 20th century. The biographical dictionary of leaders in the Churches of Christ rounds out the second half of the book, and a chronology of important events in the history of the denomination offers a quick reference guide. A detailed bibliographic essay concludes the book and points readers to further readings about the Churches of Christ.