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divisions that hold us apart, we will simply succumb
to the sin of division. The only way that the future
of the church will be Holy is if we follow the Spirit,
and rejoice in the working of the Holy Spirit among
us. This will be difficult work, a difficult way of
living the faith. But that is what we are called to do
by our Savior. We must use the best of our minds,
the best of our hearts, the greatest strength of our
1. Michael Kinnamon, “Celebrating our
History as a Movement for Unity,” Council
on Christian Unity/Disciples Historical
Society dinner, General Assembly of the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ),
Indianapolis, IN, August 1, 2009. For a brief
survey of Disciples history and practice of the
Lord’s Supper, see James O. Duke and
Richard L. Harrison, Jr., The Lord’s Supper, The
Nature of the Church, Study Series 5, published
for the Council on Christian Unity by the
Christian Board of Publication, St. Louis,
1993.
Harrison • The Lord’s Supper and Our Vision of Christian Unity Today
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wills to lead us into this new expression of the
Kingdom itself.
On the night he was betrayed, Jesus prayed for the
unity of his people. Let us experience the blessing of
doing, believing, and acting as Jesus has called us.
Anything less would be to fail our Savior. Let us pray
for our church to receive the courage and the
determination to be agents for building God’s reign.
2. Thomas Campbell, Declaration and Address of the
Christian Association of Washington (Washington,
Pennsylvania, Brown and Sample, first
edition, 1809), reprinted in The Quest For
Christian Unity, Peace, and Purity in Thomas
Campbell’s Declaration and Address: Text and Studies,
edited by Thomas H. Olbright and Hans
Rollmann, ATLA Monograph Series, no. 46,
Lanham Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc.,
2000) p. 18.
3. Thomas Campbell, Declaration and Address, pp.
19-20.