It’s ma’am.
And I never said they appealed to extra scripture, however they do have their basis in Campbell’s teachings and his interpretation of the Bible.
I have had several CoC members in my research tell me about the apostasy.
With all due respect, you don’t know what you are talking about. I was (past tense) a member of the churches of Christ for over 30 years. I have a BA degree in Bible from one of their universities. I was a pastor/elder for 9 years.
I had been a devout Christian for quite a long time before I had ever heard of Campbell. Or any other leaders of the Restoration movement. If you think for a minute that mainstream churches of Christ preach or teach Campbell, you are profoundly misinformed.
Apostasy was known in the 1st Century, see book of Jude. The difference is that the Church of Christ congratulation do not believe in a total Apostasy as the followers of Joseph Smith do.
As you bring up Campbell etc.. a fair description of the American Restoration Movement can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_Movement
and a general over view of the Church of Christ can be found at
http://church-of-christ.org/who.html#restore