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The Evangelical Christian Church traces its beginnings to the formaol formal organization of the [[Christian Church]] in 1804, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, under the leadership of Barton Warren Stone (1772-1844), The Stone movement later merged with the efforts of[[ Thomas Campbell]] (1763-1844), and his son[[ Alexander Campbell]] (1788-1866), to become the Restoration Movement that gave birth to the [[Churches of Christ]] (Non-Instrumental), the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, and the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ]]). The Evangelical Christian Church, as a new group within the Restoration tradition wa reorganizied in 2001.