Hello all:

Well, I was supposed to talk about Christianity in North America in class today, but people went so slow that they didn’t get to me, so I am going next week.

However, we’ve now been assigned a final project. We are supposed to select an individual from Church History, and offer some sort of presentation on that person. What the contents of that presentation is is pretty much up to us. The professor likes creativity, and encouraged monologues (or dialogues if you can find someone to work with).

I talked with my instructor about my idea and she approved it.

I selected Thomas Campbell. I will be reading Campbell’s Decleration and Address to the class as if I am Campbell himself. I’m very excited about this, because this gives me the chance to present the Restoration Plea to the people that I’ve been in class with for all these weeks. The majority of my classmates are already believers, and only one person there besides me knows anything about the RM, and he is a member of an Independent Christian Church congregation.

I think one of the things we need to do as members of Restoration churches is to reclaim our claim and appeal for unity, not just inside our movement, but outside. More and more I think the social and religous climate around us is ready for a message of Christian love, discipleship, and unity. We need to take advantage of this climate and renew our plea of the restoration of Christian Unity through going back to Bible basics…this time being more tolerant of those who come to different conclusions on periphial issues.

I hope that this is one such opportunity to do so.

-Clarke