Raccoon John Smith: Frontier Kentucky's Most Famous Preacher

by John Sparks and Elder John Sparks

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813123704
• ISBN13: 9780813123707
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.7" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher