We Are Excited to Offer You Over 150 Years of History! Under the direction of General Bishop Alton A.Smith, Bishop Robert D. Hood has transcribed, written, and arranged historical accounts from orations, meeting minutes, interviews with over 100 families, and other archived documentation detailing the Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ from inception to now. Every effort has been made to chronicle the history of the Church of Christ Disciples of Christ in the words of the trailblazers that came before us...our ancestors.