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The Journal of John Long
First Companion of Wm Irvine
Newspaper Articles
Read about the Early Days
1893 - 1965
1966 to Present
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Letterhead used by workers titled Christian Conventions

Perry Oklahoma, 1942

Basic Researchers Guide
International Information
Official Names Taken by the Church
Section 8
Revised December 14, 2011

Unofficial Names assigned to the Church Without a Name  - called "the truth." 

NOTE:   Since the sect claims they take no name or title for their beliefs, it has been given many nicknames, the most common being: "the truth." Some other designations are:  The Way, The Friends and Workers Fellowship, Two-by-Twos, 2x2s, Cooneyites, The Fold, No-Name Church, Christian Conventions, Assemblies of Christians, The Testimony, Testimony of Jesus, Nameless House Church, Tramp Preachers, Go-Preachers, White Mice, Dippers, The Black Stockings, Black Sox, The Jesus-Way, The New Testament Church, Reidites, Irvinites/ Irvineites, Alberta Society of Christian Assemblies.


International Reference Sources 

They are or have been REGISTERED with various government agencies under the names of:

USA:  Christian Conventions
United Kingdom:  The Testimony of Jesus
Australia & New Zealand:  The United Christian Conventions of Australasia and New Zealand
Canada: Alberta Society of Christian Assemblies
England: Christian Church in England on copyright for Hymns Old & New


SCANDANAVIA

...SWEDEN

By Bo R. Ståhl and Bertil Persson
Kulter Sekter Samfund
"De Kristna Bröderna," Pp 238-239

REGISTERED in 1992 with Swedish government as the organization of "Kristna i Sverige" (Christians in Sweden)


EUROPE

...FRANCE

Go to French Website

Called: Les Anonymes (Anonymous)
Les Sans-Nom (Without Name)
Disciples du Christ (Disciples of Christ)
Amis (Friends), Deux-à-Deux (Two by Twos)

Book Title: Cahiers de Littérature Orale, Issue 47
Publisher: Publications Orientalistes de France, 2000
Page 141


...GERMANY

Go to German Websites:
Die Wahrheit über die "Wahrheit" (The Truth about the Truth) - http://www.2x2germany.info/default.htm
German Forum for above website: http://2x2.siteboard.eu/
Die Namenlosen - http://www.thur.de/religio/sekten/workr.html
Die Wahrheit über die "Wahrheit" -(The Truth about the Truth) - http://home.arcor.de/noname-sect/

By Dr. Fritz Blanke
Kirchen und Sekten
Zwingli Veilag
Zurich/Stuttgart, Germany
Heading: "The Nameless Ones," Pp 66-67

By Oswald Eggenberger
Die Kirchen, Sondergruppen und Religiosen Vereinigungen
(The Churches, Special Groups and Religious Associations)
Heading: "Die Namenlosen," (The Nameless Ones) Pp 89-90

By Johannes Gründler, #0871
Lexikon Der Christlichen Kirchen UND Sekten
Heading: "Disciples of Jesus"

By Kurt Hutten
Seher Grübler Enthusiasten
"Der Jünger Jesu," Pp 462-463

Religious Theological Bi-Monthly for Evangelical
Kirchlich--Theologische Halbmonatsschrift Für Evang. Geisthche

Jahrgang Nr. 7 (Yearly Edition No. 7)
Stuttgart, Germany
Heading: Für Arbeit und Besinnung
April 1, 1948; Pp 158-162

Cooneyiten: Eine Warnung
Author: Gideon J Gerber
Publisher: G.J. Gerber, Dalton, Ohio
Date: 1934
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14526715


...NETHERLANDS

By Jildert de Boer
Wie Zijn Dat Die Twee Aan Twee Utigaan?

ISBN: 978-90-803836-6-1
Publisher: Verdieping en Aansporing
Nov, 2007 in Dutch language, 70 pages
Revised November, 2011 (now 203 pages) available in pdf format online at:
http://www.verdiepingenaansporing.nl/vena/pdf/2aantwee.pdf
[Note: booklet download slowly.]

Dutch Publication: Two by Two Movement with Sectarian Characteristics By Jildert de Boer
From: “The Challenge” A Dutch Evangelical Magazine [“Uitdaging"] Issue: December 2005

 


SOUTH AMERICA

...SPANISH

Go to Spanish Website


...CHILE

REGISTERED with Government of Chile as:  The Christian Church of San Felipe

Book by: I. Vergara
El Protestantio En Chile (Protestantism in Chile)
Santiago de Chile: Editorial del Pacifico, n.d.
See: "Hermanos de 2 en 2," (The Two and Two Brethren) pp. 183-185

...PARAGUAY

REGISTERED as The Christian Church of Paraguay or Friends in Paraguay


...PERU

REGISTERED with the Government of Peru as:  The Primitive Christian Church of Peru


NORTH AMERICA



...CANADA

REGISTERED corporation name:  Alberta Society of Christian Assemblies
(NOTE: incorporation has been dissolved)

Letter by Willis Propp 

Western Catholic Reporter
By Sr. Louise Zdunich, Edmonton, Canada
Week of October 7, 2002
"Who are the Two by Twos?"
http://www.wcr.ab.ca/columns/zdunich/2002/zdunich100702.shtml



...CUBA

REGISTERED as ______________ in 1993.



...PHILIPPINES

REGISTERED as ______________ during World War II.

From Herman K. Beaber's diary:  "...See by the paper that we must register our denomination - five pesos if you please...We have been asked to register our ‘sect’, ourselves as missionaries, and oh, so many more questions."


...HONG KONG

REGISTERED
at least 20 years ago as: Christian (simply that)


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