George P. Taubman Digital Archives
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(Taubman in Context)
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| 1800
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▪1801
Cane Ridge Revival ▪1807
Thomas Campbell arrives in America ▪1808
Herald of Gospel Liberty begins publication ▪1809
Declaration and Address published |
▪1800-1830 Second Great Awakening▼ |
▪1803 Louisiana Purchase ▪1803-06 Lewis & Clark Expedition |
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| 1810
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▪1811 Brush Run church organized ▪1816 Alexander Campbell’s “Sermon on the Law” |
▪1814
- Richard Allen forms the first African American denomination (AME Church)
▪1815-26 five non-denominational societies developed with common “union” principle ▪1816 American Bible Society is founded |
▪1811 National Road construction begins ▪1812 US declares war on Great Britian▪1815 Battle of New Orleans |
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| 1820
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▪1820 Campbell - Walker Debate (infant baptism) ▪1823 Campbell - McCalla Debate (infant baptism) ▪1823The Christian Baptist begins publication (1823-1830) ▪1826 Stone first published The Christian Messenger (1826-1845) |
▪1820s Joseph Smith begins to see visions that culminate in The Book of Mormon in 1830 |
▪1821 Mexico gains independence from Spain ▪1825 The Trail of Tears |
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| 1830
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▪1830 Campbell - Owen debate (natural religion & utopianism) ▪1830 A. Campbell published 1st issue of Millennial Harbinger ▪1831 The Evangelist published by W. Scott & J.T. Johnson ▪1832 Stone & Campbell unite ▪1835 The Gospel Advocate began publication - Christianity Restored published by A. Campbell ▪1837 Bacon College (Georgetown, KY) established. |
▪1833 The Congregationalist Church of Massachusetts is disestablished (the last American denomination to retain vestiges of state support. ▪1837 Northern and Southern Presbyterians split over issues of church order and theology (and whether to tolerate slavery) |
▪1831 Slave revolt in Virginia | ||
| 1840
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▪1840 Bethany College (WV) founded - joined over 200 colleges and seminaries ▪1843 Campbell-Rice debate (Presbyterianism) ▪1844 Barton W. Stone died ▪1845 American Bible Convention held ▪1849 American Christian Missionary Society formed |
▪1843-44 Thousands of followers of William Miller wait for the return of Christ; several denominations including the 7th Day Adventist spring from the "Disappointment" ▪1844 Baptists and Methodists both divide North and South over question of slavery |
▪1842 Immigration tops 100,000; most coming from Ireland ▪1845 Texas and Florida admitted to the union; Oregon Territory annexed ▪1846 US-Mexican War begins ▪1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention ▪Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto ▪1849 California Gold Rush |
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| 1850
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▪1856 The Annual Meeting of the American Christian Missionary Society became in effect a national convention of Christian Church and Churches of Christ. It grew into the International Convention of Disciples of Christ. |
▪1859 - 3/5 of American “public” libraries supplied by the Sunday School movement |
▪1850 California
Admitted to the Union ▪1853 Gadsden Purchase ▪1857 Dred Scott Decision ▪1858 Darwin's Origin of Species published |
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| 1860
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▪1869 - Born June 30 in Port St. Mary Isle of Man in Scotland | ▪1864 Alexander Campbell died. ▪1865 College of the Bible established (decendant from Bacon College) ▪1867 Moses Lard raised the "instrument" question to a hot national issue. |
▪1860 - Sunday School Teachers Institutes▼ | ▪1860 Lincoln
elected ▪1861-65 Civil War ▪1867 Alaska purchased ▪1867-77 Southern Reconstruction ▪1869 Transcontinental Railroad |
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| 1870
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▪1871 - Family moved to Cleveland, Ohio | ▪1874 "The Christian Women's Board of Missions" founded. ▪1875 "Foreign Christian Missionary Society" formed. |
▪1872 - Uniform Lesson Plan approved by the National Sunday school convention ▪1874 - Women's Christian Temperance Union founded ▪1876 - Bethany Sunday School largest in America – John Wanamaker |
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| 1880
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▪1882 Milligan College (Tennessee) established. ▪1882 The Christian Evangelist formed; succeeds The Christian Messenger, The Christian, and The Evangelist ▪1886 "The National Benevolent Association" formed to care for preachers without means of support ▪1888 "The Board of Church Extension" formed to help fund church buildings. |
▪1880 - Salvation Army begins work in US ▪1881 - Christian Endeavor
▪1889 - WCTU requests quarterly temperance lessons |
▪1881 Immigration to US tops 500,000 with most immigrants coming from Gernany | ||
| 1890
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▪1890 - Began attending College of the Bible in Lexington, Kentucky
(influenced by McGarvey) ▪1894 - B.T. degree from College of the Bible (age 25) ▪Ordained in Falmouth, Kentucky (student ministry) ▪1895-1898 Ministry at FCC in Newport, Kentucky ▪1896, Jan. 9 - Married Anne; daughter Margaret born ▪1897 son George, Jr. born ▪1898 daughter Mary born ▪1898-1899 Ministry at May’s Lick CC in May’s Lick, Kentucky; Organizes a Junior Christian Endeavor Society for Youth ▪1899-1906 Ministry at FCC in Portsmouth, Ohio |
▪1891 David Lipscomb College established (Nashville, TN) - non-instrument ▪1892 Johnson Bible College (Knoxville, TN) formed ▪1893 "The World Congress of the Disciples of Christ" was held in connection with the General Missionary Convention. ▪1894 Disciple Divinity House opened as part of University of Chicago. Developed into leading seminary training "Liberals." |
▪1890-1920 Third Great Awakening ▼▪1890 - Nat’l Sunday School Conventions compared to political rallies until 1914 ▼ ▪1891 - Billy Sunday |
▪1898 Spanish-American War begins ▪1898 Hawaii annexed |
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| 1900
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▪1900-1906
- 2nd largest Sunday School in the RM
▪1907-1909 Ministry as Christian Standard traveling Evangelist ▪1909 Associate Ministry at Independence Blvd. CC in Kansas City, Missouri with Combs |
▪1906 The non-instrumental Churches of Christ listed by USA publications as a separate denomination ▪1906 Abilene Christian College established ▪1909 "THe Pittsburg Centennial Celebration of the Declaration and Address." The last time many non-instrumental Churches of Christ came to a nunited convention. |
▪1906 Pentecostal movement begins ▪1908 Federal Council of Churches is formed to promote cooperative action by mainline Protestant denominations |
▪1905 Immigration to US tops 1 million with most immigrants coming from Southern and Eastern Europe ▪1908 Japanese Immigration to US restricted |
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| 1910
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▪1910-1912
Ministry at Hyde Park CC in Kansas City, Missouri
▪1913-1915 Ministry at FCC in Tulsa, Oklahoma ▪1913 Speaker for Church Leaders Convention in Davenport, Iowa ▪ 1915-1938 Ministry at FCC in Long Beach, California |
▪1912 J.W. McGarvey died. ▪1917 - FCC Long Beach begins hosting annual California State Disciples of Christ State Convention ▪1919 "The United Christian Missionary Society" was formed, becoming the center of controversy over liberalism and open-membership on the mission fields that eventually produced the formal "Disciple" and "Independent" wings of the movement. |
▪1910-1915 The Fundamentals: A Testimony to Truth are published as a way of defending traditional Christian doctrines against the modern theology |
▪1917 US enters World War I ▪1919 Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) enacted |
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| 1920
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▪1922
-Health break down – Hawaii 2 mos. ▪1923 - Armistice Day – 31,034 men in Lincoln Park (big Sunday School rally day) ▪1923 Sunset Magazine article ▪1927 - 2nd health break down – radio broadcast from bed ( scheduled to be keynote speaker at first NACC, had to cancel due to health problems) ▪1928 - Opening Address at 2nd Annual NACC |
▪1928 - First Pacific Bible Seminary classes held at Alvarado Church of Christ in Los Angeles ▪1928 Sept-Dec. George Rutledge served as president ▪1929 Dr. Mckenzie Meldrum served as president ▪1929 - Classes moved to First Christian Church of Long Beach |
▪1922 Harding College (AR) began ▪Other colleges forming this decade included: Cincinnati Bible Institute & Seminary, Manhattan Kansas Chrisian College, and Pacific Bible Seminary (Los Angeles, CA). ▪1925 "The Christian Restoration Association" formed. The Christian Herald was it's voice. ▪1927 - First annual North American Christian Convention (NACC) held. It became the all but official convention of the "Independents." ▪1929 - last year FCC Long Beach hosts California State Disciples of Christ State Convention |
▪1923 Pentecostal evangelist, Aimee Semple McPherson, is one of the first to broadcast over the radio |
▪1920 - Women's suffrage ▪1925 - Scopes Trial (in re: teaching Evolution in public schools) ▪1929 - Stock Market Crash |
| 1930
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▪1930
-Keynote Speaker of National Federation of Men’s Bible Classes in DC
▪1931 Becomes Dean of Pacific Bible Seminary ▪1933 devistating earthquake ▪1934 3rd health break down ▪1935 4th health break down ▪1938 Retirement from teaching Men’s Bible Class – class disbanded ▪1939 Retirement from preaching |
▪1931 Dr. James G. Hurst called to presidency after serving as VP and President Pro Tem. ▪1932 first graduating class ▪1933 classes held in a small house in Long Beach after the earthquake
▪1937 PBS moves to Anaheim Street in Long Beach |
▪1931 The American Christian Church and the Congregational Churches united to form theCongregational ChristianChurches. Later merged with United Churches of Christ.
▪1937 Pepperdine College established. |
▪1930s Mainline Protestant churches decline, but fundamentalist, holiness, Pentecostal, and African American churches continue to grow. |
▪1930-1939 The Great Depression ▪1933 Long Beach earthquake ▪1933 Prohibition repealed
▪1938 Child labor banned ▪1939 - Bust of Taubman commissioned by the City of Long Beach |
| 1940
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▪1947 - October 3 - Died |
▪1940s produced 47 graduates | ▪1945 "Unified Promotion" became accepted procedure by "Cooperative Churches" - one fund for all program funding. | ▪1947 Dead Sea Scrolls found ▪1948 World Council of Churches ▪1949 Billy Graham holds successful evangelistic campaign in Los Angeles |
▪1941
Pearl Harbor (US enters WWII)
▪1946 D-Day & V-E Day ▪1946 United Nations |
| 1950
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▪1953 Kenneth Stewart called to presidency ▪1954 Harvey Beard becomes first full-time professor |
▪1950 First annual convention of Independent Missionaries held in Eugene, OR |
▪1950 National Council of Churches formed |
▪1950 Korean War begins ▪1954 School desegregation ordered; enforced in 1956 |
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| 1960
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▪1963 AABC accreditation ▪Medford Jones called to presidency ▪Pacific Bible Seminary changes name to Pacific Christian College ▪1969 WASC accreditation |
▪1968 The Disciples of Christ formally voted to become a full denomination, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).. | ▪1964 Vatican II | ▪1963 March on Washington to promote Civil RIghts ▪1964 US enters VietNam war ▪1964-68 Race riots |
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| 1970
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▪1970 - George P. Taubman, Jr. Died |
▪1973 Pacific Christian College moves to Fullerton campus | ▪1975 Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago serves as model for "megachurches" ▪1979 Jerry Falwell founds Moral Majority (forerunner of Christian Coalition) |
▪1973 US Supreme Court legalizes abortion ▪1974 Nixon resigns ▪1974 US leaves Viet Nam ▪1976 Jimmy Carter pardons draft evaders |
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| 1980
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▪1982 Knofel Staton called to presidency | ▪1980 Pentecostal Hispanic churches recognized as among fastest growing churches ▪1983 reunion of North and South Presbyterian Churches
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▪1987 Iran-Contra Report ▪1989 Fall of Soviet Union |
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| 1990
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▪1990 LeRoy Lawson called to presidency
▪1997PCC changes corporate name to Hope International University |
▪1997 Promise Keepers, evangelical men's organization, holds the largest reported religious gathering in US history ▪1997-99 Vineyard Movement revivals in Toronto and Pensacola, Florida |
▪1990-91 Persian Gulf War | ||
| 2000
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▪2003 John Derry called to presidency ▪2006 ABHE accreditation | ▪2001 Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentegon |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
For a more detailed time line of the Restoration Movement including events prior
to 1801, see Timeline of the Stone-Campbell Movement Hymnals http://www.lccs.edu/library/hymnals/aux.timeline.php3
of Lincoln Christian College and Seminary.)
Kragenbrink, Kevin R. George P. Taubman: "Conservative Christian Church Evangelist and Champion of the Men's Bible Class Movement." Thesis (M.A.) Pepperdine University, 1991.
"North American Church History Timeline." Last updated: May 8, 2003 (http://ctsh120northamericanchurchtimeline.blogspot.com/ Accessed 2/22/2004).
[Smith, Mont.] "Some Dates in American Restoration History." Unpublished, circa 1975.
Tiffin, Gerald C., Kathy Stranlund, and Mike Warner. Framing the future : the first twenty-five years of Pacific Christian College 1928-1953. Fullerton, Calif. : Pacific Christian College, 1979.
