Editing Two by Twos (section)

=== Restorationism ===
Many church members hold to a long-standing view that the church has no earthly founder,{{sfn|Chandler|13 September 1983|p=A2}} and that only they represent the "true Christian Church" originating directly with Christ during the 1st century AD.<ref>See:
* {{harvnb|Anderson|20 August 1983|p=4a}};
* {{harvnb|Gill|30 June 1984|p=37}};
* {{harvnb|Hilliard|2005}};
* {{harvnb|Parker|Parker|1982|pp=105–107}}.</ref> Some members have more recently made statements which diverge from that view and hint either at a beginning during the closing years of the 19th century<ref name="Pollock Spokesman-Review 5 June 1983" /> or at a notable resurgence or [[Restorationism (Christian primitivism)|restoration]] around that time.{{sfn|Robinson|2005|p=35}}{{sfn|Jaenen|2003|pp=517–535}}