Select Studies in Restoration History: 1700 - Present Day

The most up-to-date treatment of the Restoration Movement in print! Starting with John Glas and Robert Sandeman in Scotland, Andrew Erwin shows the development of the movement to restore New Testament Christianity in faith and practice. He traces their incomplete efforts, and those of others through the following years, showing the impact of this Restoration Principle in America.

He covers the life and work of Barton W. Stone, Alexander Campbell, Walter Scott and many others, as he follows the history of this movement throughout the 1800s. He shows the causes of union, and the causes of division. He also shows who was on each side in the debates.

But Erwin doesn’t stop there. He gives the reader a great blessing by continuing to follow the line of faithful Christians throughout the twentieth century, introducing us to the prominent men and events, as well as the struggles, of the church during this time.

Erwin then brings the book up to today, mentioning things like Michael Shank’s Muscle and a Shovel and events like Polishing the Pulpit.

In addition to briefly giving the history of 300+ years of the Restoration Movement, Erwin makes this book practical, by also showing examples of faithfulness and unfaithfulness, and how those ebbs and flows contributed to growth or decline in the church.

Some of the topics you will find covered in this book:

*Christian Union

*The Non-Institutional Division

*History of Schools of Preaching

*The Influence of Christian Journals and Magazines

*Struggles and controversies in the church

*and much more

Additionally, there are nearly a hundred photos scattered throughout the book.