Word and Work is a religious journal associated with those Churches of Christ that hold to a premillennial eschatology.[1]: 782–3 [2]: 306 It was founded in 1908 by Dr. David Lipscomb Watson.[1]: 782
History
During the period 1912 to 1913, the Word and Work began publishing articles written by Charles M. Neal supporting dispensational millennialism.[1]: 783 In 1913 Watson sold the journal to Stanford Chambers, who became the sole editor.[1]: 783 Watson, a postmillennialist, was disturbed by the increasing editorial emphasis on premillennialism, and later tried in two unsuccessful lawsuits to regain control of the journal.[1]: 783
Chambers sold Word and Work to Robert Henry Boll in 1916.[1]: 783 Boll had been a controversial front page editor of the Gospel Advocate, writing articles on biblical prophecy during his tenure beginning in 1909; he was forced to resign in 1915 as the result of a developing controversy over his millennial views and the importance he placed on biblical prophecy in the study of the Bible.[3]: 96 His eschatological focus came into conflict with the church-centered views of other Church of Christ leaders of the time.[2]: 306 [3]: 97 The reaction to Boll's premillennialism helped to define and solidify the amillennial view among the mainstream of the Churches of Christ.[2]: 306 [3]: 97 Under Boll's leadership the Word and Work became the journalistic voice for premillennial Churches of Christ.[1]: 783 Boll also used the journal to promote foreign mission work.[1]: 783
E. L. Jorgenson and J. R. Clark succeeded Boll as editors when he died in 1956.[1]: 783 They were followed by Gordon R. Linscott in 1962, William Robert Heid in 1976 and Alex Wilson in 1986.[1]: 783
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-8028-3898-7, ISBN 978-0-8028-3898-8, 854 pages, entry on Word and Work
- ^ a b c Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-8028-3898-7, ISBN 978-0-8028-3898-8, 854 pages, entry on Eschatology
- ^ a b c Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-8028-3898-7, ISBN 978-0-8028-3898-8, 854 pages, entry on Boll, Robert Henry
External links
- Word and Work online
- Word and Work, archived from the original on 2012-03-19, retrieved 2015-04-07, at The Restoration Movement Pages, Memorial University of Newfoundland