Nondenominational Christianity

==History==
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| footer            = [[Alexander Campbell (minister)|Alexander Campbell]] and [[Barton Stone]] believed in a nondenominational Christianity, which they spread in what is known as the [[Restoration Movement]].<ref name="HughesRoberts2001">{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Richard Thomas |last2=Roberts |first2=R. L. |title=The Churches of Christ |date=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-23312-8 |page=63 |language=en|quote=Barton Stone was fully prepared to ally himself with Alexander Campbell in an effort to promote nondenominational Christianity, though it is evident that the two men came to this emphasis by very different routes.}}</ref><ref name="Cherok2011">{{cite book |last1=Cherok |first1=Richard J. |title=Debating for God: Alexander Campbell's Challenge to Skepticism in Antebellum America |date=14 June 2011 |publisher=[[ACU Press]] |isbn=978-0-89112-838-0 |language=en |quote=Later proponents of Campbell's views would refer to themselves as the “Restoration Movement” because of the Campbellian insistence on restoring Christianity to its New Testament form. ... Added to this mix were the concepts of American egalitarianism, which gave rise to his advocacy of nondenominational individualism and local church autonomy, and Christian primitivism, which led to his promotion of such early church practices as believer's baptism by immersion and the weekly partaking of the Lord's Supper.}}</ref>
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[[File:LEAKEY'S CHURCH OF CHRIST AFTER SUNDAY SERVICES - NARA - 546233.jpg|thumb|Christians gather at a nondenominational congregation of the [[Churches of Christ]] in [[Texas]]]]
Nondenominational Christianity first arose in the 18th century through the [[Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement]], with followers organizing themselves simply as "[[Christians (Stone Movement)|Christians]]" and "[[Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement)|Disciples of Christ]]".<ref name="Hughes1997"/><ref name="HughesRoberts2001"/><ref name="Cherok2011"/> Congregations in this tradition of nondenominational Christianity often refer to themselves as [[Churches of Christ]].<ref name="Barnett2020"/>

Independent nondenominational churches continued to appear in the [[United States]] in the course of the 20th century.<ref>Roger E. Olson, ''The Mosaic of Christian Belief'', InterVarsity Press, USA, 2016, p. 43</ref>

Nondenominational congregations experienced significant and continuous growth in the 21st century, particularly in the United States.<ref> Aaron Earls, [https://research.lifeway.com/2017/08/08/what-does-the-growth-of-nondenominationalism-mean/ What Does the Growth of Nondenominationalism Mean?], research.lifeway.com, USA, August 8, 2017</ref><ref>Vincent Jackson, [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/how-non-denominational-churches-are-attracting-millennials/article_309ceeb6-5908-551f-882f-acf0c8a8a9a3.html How non-denominational churches are attracting millennials], pressofatlanticcity.com, USA, February 2, 2017</ref> If combined into a single group, nondenominational churches collectively represented the third-largest Christian grouping in the United States in 2010, after the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and [[Southern Baptist Convention]].<ref>[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/cong/nondenom.html Nondenominational & Independent Congregations], Hartford Seminary, Hartford Institute for Religion Research.</ref>

In Asia, especially in [[Singapore]] and [[Malaysia]], these churches are also more numerous, since the 1990s.<ref>Peter C. Phan, ''Christianities in Asia'', John Wiley & Sons, USA, 2011, p. 90-91</ref>