{"id":20444,"date":"2014-12-21T19:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T00:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in\/"},"modified":"2021-01-26T22:52:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T03:52:27","slug":"eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in","status":"publish","type":"partner","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches of Christ in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"119\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The family of churches known as Churches of Christ grew out of an early 19th Century movement with origins in both the UK and the USA.&nbsp;Members of the emerging 19th Century Movement wanted to be known only as \u2018Christians\u2019 or \u2018Disciples of Christ\u2019. Slogans such as \u2018Christians only \u2013 but not the only Christians\u2019 and \u2018Biblical names for Biblical people\u2019 captured this emphasis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Members of Churches of Christ live under the authority of Christ but this authority is seen as being worked out in the local congregation. Local churches are connected most closely to their State Conferences, who together make up the Council of Churches of Christ in Australia (CCCA). Decisions that most impact the local church are made at a local church level. State and national affiliation for churches allows them to partner together in theological training, ecumenical work, mission work (both overseas and in Australia), ordination and resourcing.<\/span><span>The family of churches known as Churches of Christ grew out of an early 19th Century movement with origins in both the UK and the USA.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"undefined\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/cofcaustralia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Churches of Christ in Australia Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmp-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"133\"><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmp.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Mission Partners<\/a> is the global partnership ministry of the Churches of Christ in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20445,"template":"","region":[20069,20019],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Churches of Christ in Australia - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Churches of Christ in Australia - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The family of churches known as Churches of Christ grew out of an early 19th Century movement with origins in both the UK and the USA.&nbsp;Members of the emerging 19th Century Movement wanted to be known only as \u2018Christians\u2019 or &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-27T03:52:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"155\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"119\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in\/\",\"name\":\"Churches of Christ in Australia - Global Ministries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-22T00:30:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-27T03:52:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/eap_partners_churches_of_christ_in\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Partners\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partners\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Churches of Christ in Australia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\",\"name\":\"Global Ministries\",\"description\":\"Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. 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