The Mahoning Baptist Association was an association of

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churches that was established in 1820 in

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.Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, ''The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, , , 854 pages, entry on ''Mahoning Baptist Association'', pp. 501-502 Two prominent early

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leaders, Alexander Campbell and

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, were closely affiliated with the Mahoning Association. The Association was dissolved in 1830.

History

The Mahoning Baptist Association was established in 1820. Even though the '' Philadelphia Confession of Faith'' was considered its "organic law," the Association was "filled with ideas of religious reformation" and both open discussion and doctrinal diversity were accepted. A congregation in

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, which was formed by Alexander Campbell after he left the

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and the

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, became a member of the Association in 1823.Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, ''The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, , , 854 pages, entry on ''Brush Run Church'', pages 100-101 Campbell's journal the ''

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'' was well received in the Association, as were his debates. As a result, "the association heartily adopted the very same ecumenical, reforming views" in 1824 that had led to Campell's break with the Redstone Association. Another early Restoration Movement leader,

, was hired by the Mahoning Association as an

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in 1827.Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, ''The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, , , 854 pages, entry on ''Scott, Walter'', pages 673-689 Within three years he brought more than 3,000 converts into the movement. The Association disbanded in 1830, which Campbell believed to be premature. Some historians consider the dissolution of the Mahoning Association to mark the beginning of the Disciples of Christ, because that is the point when they became truly independent.

References

External links

* {{Restoration Movement Restoration Movement Baptist Christianity 1820 establishments in Ohio