Earl Irvin West

American Restoration movement historian

Earl West
Born	Earl Irvin West (1920-05-18)May 18, 1920 Carmel, Indiana, U.S.
Died	February 4, 2011(2011-02-04) (aged 90) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.^[1]
Education	Ph.D American History
Alma mater	Butler University Indiana University^[1]
Occupation	Professor of church history
Years active	1949–2004
Organization	Harding School of Theology
Known for	American Restoration Movement history
Notable work	Search for the Ancient Order

Earl Irvin West (May 18, 1920, Carmel, Indiana – February 4, 2011, Memphis, Tennessee) was a historian of the Restoration Movement.^[2] He was known for his multivolume work Search for the Ancient Order, published incrementally from 1949 to 1993.^[3] He was baptized by Hugo McCord in 1935. A graduate of Butler University, he received his Ph.D in American History at Indiana University. Although he lived in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was the minister for two different congregations, he also served for many years as professor of church history at Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, Tennessee, now Harding School of Theology, commuting once a week to Memphis.^[1]^[4] West founded Religious Book Service.

Earl life and education

West attended Freed–Hardeman University, Abilene Christian University and Pepperdine University.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Earl West | February 4, 2011 | Obituary". Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
^ ^a ^b Howard, Jim (April–June 2011). "Earl Irvin West: May 18, 1920 – February 4, 2011" (PDF). Magnolia Messenger. Kosciusko, Mississippi. p. 7. Retrieved 2011-08-03. Archived version
^ Search for the Ancient Order Volume 1 (1949), Volume 2 (1950), Volume 3 (1979), Volume 4 (1987); Trials of the Ancient Order (1993).
^ Meredith, Don (Spring 2011). "Campus mourns loss of Earl West". Bridge. Vol. 51, no. 4. Memphis, Tennessee: Harding School of Theology. pp. 1, 3.

Restoration Movement

World Convention of Churches of Christ

Christian churches and churches of Christ	Churches of Christ	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
North American Christian Convention	Non-institutional Sponsoring church	Canadian Region Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council

Disciples of Christ Historical Society

Others
Churches of Christ in Australia Churches of Christ in Europe Evangelical Christian Church in Canada International Churches of Christ International Christian Church

History

Second Great Awakening

Christians	Disciples
James O'Kelly Christian Connection Barton W. Stone Cane Ridge Meeting House Cane Ridge Revival Springfield Presbytery Last Will and Testament David Purviance	Thomas Campbell Christian Association of Washington Declaration and Address Alexander Campbell Brush Run Church Redstone Baptist Association Mahoning Baptist Association Walter Scott "Raccoon" John Smith Campbellite

United Movement (1832–1906)

20th Century	21st Century
Fred Craddock Marshall Keeble Charles Clayton Morrison Preston Taylor Jessie Trout	William Barber II Teresa Hord Owens Sharon E. Watkins