Episode 1 of 1
Organization of the Christian Union
- When
- 19 August 1886
- Where
- Barney Creek Meeting House, Monroe County
Spurling and eight others organized the Christian Union at the Barney Creek Meeting House in Monroe County, Tennessee, on August 19, 1886.
The group rejected Landmarkist values, causing conflict with traditional churches. They did not intend to form a new denomination, but this meeting is traced as the origin of the Church of God. The group later disbanded, with members returning to original churches.
Sources
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-17
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.