One of the earliest advocates of the return to New Testament Christianity, as a means of achieving unity of all believers in Christ, was James O'Kelly of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1793 he withdrew from the Baltimore conference of his church and called upon others to join him in taking the Bible as the only creed. His influence was largely felt in Virginia and North Carolina where history records that some seven thousand communicants followed his leadership toward a return to primitive New Testament Christianity.
ເປັນຫນຶ່ງໃນຜູ້ສະຫນັບສະຫນູນທີ່ສຸດຂອງການກັບຄືນໄປຫາ Christian New Testament, ເປັນວິທີການທີ່ຈະບັນລຸຄວາມສາມັກຄີຂອງຜູ້ເຊື່ອຖືທັງຫມົດໃນຄຣິ, James O'Kelly ຂອງສາດສະຫນາຈັກ Methodist Episcopal. ໃນ 1793 ເພິ່ນໄດ້ຖອນອອກຈາກກອງປະຊຸມ Baltimore ຂອງສາດສະຫນາຈັກຂອງເພິ່ນແລະຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ຄົນອື່ນເຂົ້າຮ່ວມກັບເພິ່ນໃນການນໍາຄໍາພີໄບເບິນເປັນສາດສະຫນາເທົ່ານັ້ນ. ອິດທິພົນຂອງພຣະອົງສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ແມ່ນຮູ້ຢູ່ໃນ Virginia ແລະ North Carolina ບ່ອນທີ່ບັນທຶກປະວັດສາດວ່າມີບາງຄົນເຈັດພັນຄົນຕິດຕາມຄວາມເປັນຜູ້ນໍາຂອງລາວຕໍ່ກັບການກັບຄືນໄປຫາຄຣິສຕຽນໃຫມ່.