Learn about lesser-known Restoration Movement preachers from the Christian Connexion, the Christian Church, South, and the Disciples of Christ from the early 1800s.

The Christian Connexion

Abner Jones (1772–1841)
Elias Smith (1769–1846)
Barton W. Stone (1722–1844)
John Adams (1770–1858)
Thomas Adams (1798–1831)
George Alkire (1782–1868.)
James Andrews (1771–1845)
Joseph Badger (1792–1852)
Melyn D. Baker (1800–1852)
Jabez Chadwick (1779–1857)
Simon Clough (1793–1844)
Elias Cobb (1767–1838)
Reuben Dooly (1773–1822)
David Douglass (1781–1861)
Mark Fernald (1784–1851)
Matthew Gardner (1790–1873)
Rice Haggard (1769–1819)
John Hardy (1779–1819)
Levi Hathaway (1790–1867)
Jasper Hazen (1790–1882)
Daniel Hix (1755–1838)
William Kinkade (1783–1832)
Samuel Kyle (1775–1836)
Thomas B. Kyle (1779–?)
David Millard (1794–1873)
Edward Peavy (1788–1856)
John L. Peavy (1793–1829)
Frederick Plummer (1785–1854)
David Purviance (1766–1847)
Levi Purviance (1790–1873)
George Shideler (1776–1828)
Benjamin Taylor (1786–1848)
Joseph Thomas (1791–1845)
Isaac N. Walter (1805–1856)
Nathan Worley (1773–1847)

The Christian Church, South

James O’Kelly (1735–1826)
William Guirey
Burwell Barrett (1769-1836)
Mills Barrett (1783-1865)
Adam Cloud
Micajah Debruler (1754-?)
William Glendenning (1747-1816)
David Haggard
Joseph Hartley
James Haw
Daniel Wilson Kerr
Littlejohn Utley (1775-1859)
John West
Francis Williamson (1773-1838)

The Disciples of Christ

Dr. Chester Bullard
Reuben Lindsay Coleman (1807-?)
Benjamin Creel (1803-?)
John Curtis (1801-1844)
John Dangerfield (1800-?)
Christian Herman Dasher (1786–1886)
Dr. John DuVal (1795-1863)
James W. Goss (1812-1870)
Thomas M. Henley (1783-1846)
John Mulkey (1773–1844)
John G. Parrish (1817-1871)
Samuel Rogers (1789–1877)
Silas Shelburn (1790-1871)
Charles. Talley (1765-1847)
A.B. Walthall (1797-1882)
Matthew Webber
John Wright (1785–1851)

Compiled and edited by Kyle Frank and Bradley S. Cobb

Christian Church South

The Life of James O’Kelly, and the History of the Christian Church in the South

Early Christian Preachers: Lesser-Known Restoration Movement Ministers