Our Wild Democracy — Class Drafts

Our Wild Democracy: The Story, Promise, and Future of the Churches of Christ

A movement drawn together from reformers, farmers, clergy, and laypeople of many traditions took root on the American frontier — and helped reshape the Christian imagination of millions. We explore that story to discover what is genuinely beautiful, and what is worth carrying forward with vision and imagination.

Chapters

• Prologue — Overview / Introduction · slides
• Chapter 1 — Cane Ridge Communion · slides
• Chapter 2 — Thomas Campbell’s Heresy Trial · slides
• Chapter 3 — Declaration & Address
• Chapter 4 — Rise and Fall of the Springfield Presbytery
• Chapter 5 — Where two or three gather: Brush Run Ordination
• Chapter 6 — Living into God’s Future: Millennial Harbinger
• Chapter 7 — The Stone-Campbell Merger
• Chapter 8 — Eschatology & Non-Conformity: Lipscomb & Civil War
• Chapter 9 — The Story of Believer’s Baptism
• Chapter 10 — The Story of Congregational Singing
• Chapter 11 — The Story of Studying Scripture
• Chapter 12 — The Story of Governance

Visuals

• The Wild Democracy Timeline — click an event; ← → walk the story in order
• The Theme Map — click a theme to highlight it
• The Wild Democracy Grid — every practice, three ways: unity, priesthood, future

In the slides: → / space / click to advance · f fullscreen · p opens the presenter window with notes (Chapters 1–2).