Joe Rogan Experience #2555 - Ron White · Aired Sep 16, 2026
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The Church of Christ religious denomination originated in Texas.
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The Churches of Christ came out of the American Restoration Movement that started between 1790 and 1810, led by Thomas and Alexander Campbell in Pennsylvania and Barton W. Stone in Kentucky, with the two groups merging in Lexington, Kentucky in 1832. The formal separation from the Disciples of Christ showed up in the 1906 US census. Texas is one of the denomination's strongest states today, which is probably where the idea comes from, but it is not where the church began.
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Is it true that the Church of Christ religious denomination originated in Texas?
No, not as stated. The Churches of Christ came out of the American Restoration Movement that started between 1790 and 1810, led by Thomas and Alexander Campbell in Pennsylvania and Barton W. Stone in Kentucky, with the two groups merging in Lexington, Kentucky in 1832. Ron White said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2555 - Ron White, aired Sep 16, 2026, at 2:24:11. The supporting source is tennesseeencyclopedia.net, linked below.
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