A Wild Democracy (Vol. 1 of 3): The Struggle for the Soul of Churches of Christ, 1889-1939by C. Leonard Allen and John Mark Hicks, editors Description A fresh, provocative new interpretation of the story of Churches of Christ as they fashioned a new identity in the opening decades of the twentieth century. A Wild Democracy begins with the separation from the Disciples of Christ Christian Church, viewing the division from the perspective of four leaders in Churches of Christ: Daniel Sommer, David Lipscomb, Samuel W. Womack, and T. B.