Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

It took many years for me to fully grasp, at the 'gut' level, how absurd the CoC doctrine is -- and I'm referring to what it teaches about itself: "founded 33 A.D." the "one, true Church founded by Christ", all other churches being "denominations" a/k/a, branches or sub...

St Nicolas was a real person, but Santa Claus just trades on the similarity of names - they are actually two completely different people with completely different backstories.... also see 'Krampus' Nicolas had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left...

Warning to all! Our careful research has revealed that jolly old red-suited Santa Claus, supposedly a harmless icon (oops!) of the Winter Festivities, serves in another, far more nefarious, capacity: that of one so-called Saint Nicholas (edit: imagine over-sized and demonizing quotation marks aroun...

My folks would swing from a really mean-spirited smugness on the one hand, to deep insecurity accompanied by a groveling faux humility on the other. There's probably a psychological term for that, but it (predictably) left me a mean and scared kid. Thank God for adolescent rebellion, or I might stil...

There are SO many stories on these boards about families in bitter conflict over non-allegiance to this sect. A friend of mine married a CoC girl several years ago, and went with her to services a time or two. When they started "dis-fellowshipping" somebody from the pulpit, he thought it w...

A mop is clearly scriptural, while a coffee maker is a "necessary inference." The microwave issue, however, is troubling . . .

"Church of Christ" is a proper noun, identifying a specific religious organization. But "the church that Christ founded" is different -- we capitalize the name of Christ of course, but here the world "church" is what your English teacher would call a common noun, and th...

And how far does the "disfellowshiping" go? Can a faithful CoC'er say hello to the miscreant? Do you have to cross the street to avoid him? How about business dealings; can you shop at his store, or sell him stuff if he comes into your store? If he's the only pharmacist in town, does it de...

Elder's kid here. My dad found the c-of-c and it fed right into his OCD. Also provided something of a panacea for my mother's rampant anxiety disorders. He soared to new highs rendering even more perfect the "one true church", and she was able to hide in the structure, with continuous, thr...