Our Vision
At Disciples of Christ Historical Society we envision the unity of all persons of faith through shared understanding of individual histories and creeds.

 

The Mission of Disciples of Christ Historical Society is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by preserving the heritage and telling the story of the Stone-Campbell tradition.
Disciples of Christ Historical Society is the primary archive and collective memory for Stone-Campbell congregations throughout the world. Our purpose is to collect and maintain documents and artifacts and we are an agency of proclamation. Like our founders we believe in the unity of all people of faith. Our mission, then, is to insure that the ideal which was delivered to us – an open and welcoming Church – will remain available for the generations to come.

 

Our Promise
We promise to maintain the highest standards in everything we undertake and to keep safe the precious historical materials entrusted to our care.

 

The Work of the Historical Society
Since 1941 Disciples of Christ Historical Society has served its mission of preserving and making available to researchers the many documents, books, periodicals, and audio/visual materials telling the story of the Stone-Campbell heritage. The Society is housed in the Thomas W. Phillips Memorial Archives – the place history calls home - in Nashville, Tennessee. The Society exists to document and interpret the history of Stone-Campbell churches (Churches of Christ, Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)) and holds the largest collection of this material in the world. Included are hundreds of thousands of photographs, thousands of rare books, 40,000 biographical files, records of tens of thousands of congregations, and thousands of artifacts.

This brief video describes our work

 

Our Logo - The Three Streams Cross
In our expression of this ancient, historic symbol of Christianity, we have anchored the Cross of Christ with three circles, representing the three streams of the Stone-Campbell heritage (Disciples, Christian churches, and Churches of Christ). All are connected to, and surround the Cross, which remains the powerful center of our faith heritage. The Cross is completed with an arrow pointing toward the future. It is a future, we believe, filled with unity and hope, as we carry the Gospel message forward into new generations.