Key terms and concepts used across the site.
The practice of baptizing individuals who personally profess faith in Christ, typically by immersion.
A form of church governance where authority resides with the local congregation rather than a central hierarchy.
A mode of baptism in which the candidate is fully submerged in water.
The belief that all Christians have direct access to God and share responsibility in the life and ministry of the church.
A 19th‑century effort to restore the beliefs and practices of the New Testament church, associated with leaders like Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell.
The observance of the Lord’s Supper every first day of the week as ordinary Christian worship.