Churches of Christ in Europe
These groups are characterized by an emphasis on basing doctrine and practice on the Bible alone in order to restore the New Testament church they believe to have been established by Jesus.However, Hans Godwin Grimm, author of the book Tradition and History of the Early Churches of Christ In Central Europe, born in 1899,[2]: 41 wrote that in March 1955 he met for the first time in his life "a member of the restored churches of Christ of America."[3]: 369 James Wallis, a member of that group, founded a magazine named The British Millennial Harbinger in 1837.[3]: 369 The use of instrumental music in worship was not a source of division among the Churches of Christ in Great Britain before World War I.[3]: 371 The issues involved included concern that the Christian Association was compromising traditional principles in seeking ecumenical ties with other organizations and a sense that it had abandoned Scripture as "an all-sufficient rule of faith and practice".