Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

seeking the truth contacted me by email and said she is not looking for dialog or discussion. She said she chose an "agreement only" forum for that reason. So she won't be responding to others on this thread. She just wants a safe place to present her views, in case there are some ex-CoC b...

Thanks, agricola

agricola

How much are the dues?

Welcome to the board.

Anti-churches refer to themselves as "non-institutional churches", or sometimes "conservative churches". Excerpt from one of Petros' blogs : I had always been taught that the Churches of Christ split from the Disciples of Christ and Christian Church when they formed the American ...

Hi agricola

Is there a time of year when you do give gifts as part of a holiday celebration?

Some of the members of a local church were tobacco growers. I never saw anyone smoke, but there were no sermons against smoking.

Hi bacoach Jay Guin[ /b] (a member of the CoC) has a number of articles that challenge the traditional hardline CoC view on divorce and remarriage. https://jayguin.wordpress.com/index-under-construction/theology-church-of-christ-issues/marriage-divorce-remarriage/ Edward Fudge (now deceased, an elde...

I am a bit familiar with the ICOC, my husband and I visited with folks who had left. They were traumatized. So controlling. They had to report on who they had proselytized that day. They were not allowed to date outside the church. My husband and I were ostracized from the non-institutional branch o...

Hi LP.

Welcome to the board. I think you made the right choice in leaving that congregation.

Why does your grandmother think you are going to hell? Because of instrumental music?