Editing Restoration Movement (section)

===Cane Ridge revival===
[[File:Cane Ridge Meeting House Interior.JPG|thumb|Interior of the [[Cane Ridge Meeting House|original meeting house]] at Cane Ridge, Kentucky]]
In 1801, the [[Cane Ridge Revival]] in Kentucky planted the seed for a movement in Kentucky and the [[Ohio River]] valley to disassociate from [[Christian denomination]]alism. In 1803, [[Barton W. Stone]] and others withdrew from the [[Kentucky Synod]] and formed the [[Springfield Presbytery]]. The defining event of the Stone wing of the movement was the publication of ''Last Will and Testament of The Springfield Presbytery'' at Cane Ridge, Kentucky, in 1804. The brief document announces their withdrawal from [[Presbyterianism]] and their intention to be solely part of the broader [[Christian Church]].<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Marshall | first1 = Robert | last2 = Dunlavy | first2 = John | last3 = M'nemar | first3 = Richard | last4 = Stone | first4 = BW | last5 = Thompson | first5 = John | last6 = Purviance | first6 = David | year = 1804 | url = https://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/rmcnemar/ocg/OCG.HTM#Will | title = The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery | publisher = MUN | place = [[Canada|CA]]}}.</ref> The writers appeal for the unity of all who follow Jesus, suggest the value of congregational self-governance, and declare the Bible as the source for understanding the will of God. They denounced the "divisive" use of the [[Westminster Confession of Faith]]<ref name="McAlister & Tucker, 1975" />{{rp |79}} and adopted the name "Christian" to identify their group.<ref name="McAlister & Tucker, 1975" />{{rp |80}}    
[[File:Bust_of_Barton_W._Stone,_in_cemetery,_at_Cane_Ridge_Meeting_House,_near_Paris,_KY.jpg|thumb|upright|Bust of Barton W. Stone, in cemetery, at Cane Ridge]]
By 1804, [[Elias Smith]] had heard of the Stone movement; he had heard of the O'Kelly movement by 1808.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Connection" />{{rp |190}} Although not formally merged, the three groups were cooperating and fellowshiping by 1810.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Connection" />{{rp |190}} At that time the combined movement had a membership of approximately 20,000.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Connection" />{{rp|190}} This loose fellowship of churches was called by the names [[Christian Connection]] (also Christian Connexion) or "Christian Church."<ref name="Allen & Hughes 1988" />{{rp |68}}<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Connection" />{{rp |190}}