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Thomas Campbell, a lifetime of desiring unity according to Scripture to reach the world for Christ. “Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; Where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent”.

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  - **Feb. 1, 1763** – Born near Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

  - **1783-1786** – Completed a Literary Degree at Glasgow University, Scotland.

  - **1787-1791** – Studied at the Whitburn Seminary of the Anti-Burgher Presbyterians in Scotland (8 weeks each summer for 5 years).

  - **1787** – Married Jane Corneigle (1st son, Alexander, born in 1788).

  - **1798-1807** – Pastor of the Ahorey Presbyterian Church near Rich Hill, Northern Ireland.

    - **1798** – Participated in and was influenced by the
Evangelical Society of Ulster, an evangelistic organization made up of several of
denominations.

    - **1799** – Ordained by the Presbyterians, but only if he withdraw from the
Evangelical Society of Ulster. They opposed his mingling with the other
denominations.

  - **1807** – Relocated to Washington, PA, in the U.S.A. (arrived on May 13, 1807).

    - Connected with the Presbyterians upon arrival and dispatched to western
Pennsylvania to serve with the Chartiers Presbytery of Washington, PA.

    - Soon charged with heresy by the Chartiers Presbytery for serving the Lord’s
Supper to all who wished to partake – Some have suggested this charge was the
result of professional jealousy.

    - **1808** – Broke with the Presbyterians even though he was found innocent of the heresy charges.

   - **1809** – Formed the Christian Association of Washington (based on ideas from the Evangelical Society of Ulster).

     - At the founding meeting, Campbell said, “Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; Where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent”.

     - Campbell wrote *The Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of
Washington* to explain the goals and ideas of the Association.

Image of an Original Copy of The Declaration 

  - **1811** – The Christian Association of Washington became the Brush Run Church – Thomas Campbell served as the church’s elder and Alexander served as its preacher.

  - **1812** – Accepted immersion as the New Testament form of baptism.

  - **1819** – Moved to Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia) to assist his son, Alexander, with the Buffalo Seminary – Continued to make preaching tours until his retirement.

  - **1831** – Challenged Sidney Rigdon, leading figure among the emerging Mormon movement, to a debate – Rigdon failed to respond to Campbell’s challenge.

  - **1843** – Retired to his son’s home in Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia).

  - **1848** – Lost his eye sight.

  - **1851** – Preached his final sermon (an organized and advertised “final sermon” for Thomas Campbell).

  - **Jan. 4, 1854** – Died at Bethany during the 90th year of his life

- Additional Resources:

  - Campbell, Alexander – *Memoirs of Elder Thomas Campbell: Together with a Brief Memoir of Mrs. Jane Campbell*

  - Carson, Glenn, Douglas Foster, and Clinton Holloway, eds.– One Church: *A Bicentennial Celebration of Thomas Campbell’s Declaration and Address.*

  - Hanna, William Herbert – *Thomas Campbell: Seceder, and Christian Union Advocate*

  - McAllister, Lester G. – *Thomas Campbell: Man of the Book*

  - Website: *Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington* – [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Declaration_and_Address_of_the_Christian_Association_of_Washington](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Declaration_and_Address_of_the_Christian_Association_of_Washington)

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