Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

FFT, I share a lot of your experiences. I still rethink things I have said, justify my words and actions if they have been questionable (after all, I can't risk actually making a mistake--that would send me to hell!) I had to tell my parents about my departure pretty soon after I left. My mother wa...

Welcome! I was non-institutional COC also, but I avoided Florida College, thank goodness. I have lots of relatives in both NICOC and mainline, including several preachers. They have given up on me after all these years. My parents have passed on, but we had good relationships eventually after I lef...

I didn't have a "bad" life either growing up in the CoC. I work in the family business and see them quite regular. It can be weird at times but for the most part it works out well now that the air has been cleared and my rationale has been expressed to them in a calm way. Though, those gu...

Welcome to the board. Kind of an FC alum myself, only 2 semesters, maybe we went to chapel! :o It is funny that I was considered an alum of that school by them at least, because everywhere I moved they would always find me and send me calendars, the magazine and ask for money. Finally last year I f...

As I mentioned a bit in the welcome thread, I feel like growing up in the church has scarred me a bit, in ways that I'm only just now, several years after leaving, starting to realize. Guilt: I feel guilty all the time, even about things I have no control over. If someone is having a bad day or feel...

Thank you all for the warm welcome!

Hi all, I've been lurking on these boards for about a year now, and thought it was time to properly introduce myself. I grew up in the non-institutional church of Christ (haha, even after years away, my instinct is to NEVER capitalize the "c" in church), from birth until I finally started ...