Restoring the New Testament Church

In Practice

NRCC is a part of an historic movement of the Independent Christian Churches and Instrumental Churches of Christ, which currently numbers over 5,000 congregations with well over 1,000,000 member's nation wide. The Restoration Movement came about as a result of what is known as the Cane Ridge Revival of the 1840's.

We are dedicated to the restoration of the New Testament church as it was originally designed and implemented as seen in the Book of Acts. In our effort to reconstruct the New Testament body of Christ, we have committed ourselves to several foundational principles.

In Unity

Jesus gave his life as a Sacrifice for sin that mankind could be restored to a right relationship with God our Father. There exists no example in scripture of a loving Father who either encouraged or condoned his children to fight and criticize and ignore one another.

The scriptures plainly teach in I Corinthians 12:12-13:13 and in John 17 that God's plan was for one body, one church. This in no way implies that all churches should be clones. Many of us have earthly brothers who are not our twins. We do not reject or condemn one another for it, but are able to work together in unity for common goals. True biblical doctrine does not divide, however, spiritual and intellectual pride always will.

In Government

At NRCC, we have found, as many are, that making decisions by majority rule through a vote is cumbersome, divisive, and often ineffective. The selfish sinful nature too easily prevails. For over a decade now we only hold votes on our annual budget. All decisions are made through ministry teams and held by unified consensus.

Each team has been given specific responsibilities through a job description, and has the authority to dispense and implement those responsibilities, whether financially, or physically. Each team also is given the trust of the body to be good stewards of those responsibilities. We have found that without faith in God, AND trust in one another, unity is impossible.