Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

What a painful history you have. I hope you will find our board a supportive place. We have gone in different directions, but we all recognize the harm done to us by our time in the COC.

Moogy: That is really interesting, I wondered why I had never heard anyone mention it before. However thinking about it the churches I know about in TN do not make direct contributions to the colleges, but they totally support them, David Lipscomb is regarded as too liberal in general, Freed Hardem...

But Florida College is NOT supported by churches. Individual Christians can donate. That is why it is the “approved college” for Non-Institutional COCs.

You have lost your mother, your sister, and your cousin, albeit in different ways. I am sorry and I hope pleasant memories of the distant past can comfort you, while you can let go of the recent painful memories and experiences. It is the sickness of their COC doctrine that separates you from your s...

I dated a girl who father was a minister. She said he wasn't religious and just took up the ministry because it was the easiest work he could find. He didn't go to church after he retired. I can see someone thinking that the work of a COC preacher could be easy. I think it would be difficult to bec...

I thought I might want to read this, too, so I checked Amazon. Almost $30 for a Kindle version, so I will pass. It occurred to me what a bizarre notion it is that the COC represents the “Ancient Faith.” First century Christians would not recognize the COC. If you want an ancient Christian faith, loo...

The thing that somewhat bothered me from a philosophical point is they have special events which they call "committment to Christ" for very young children, much like the Catholic Church has Christenings/Infant Baptism. This to me seems to go against the protestant tradition where religiou...

At a CofC in my area a number of years ago, the old ladies objected to preaching on Galatians, you know the Galatian Heresy type stuff, and as a result of their responsive input, 5 ministers demonstrably walked out all at once during a Sunday morning service, one I know ended up at an Independent C...

Ivy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 03, 2022 9:47 am For anyone who might be interested, here is a link to a collection of his writings, housed at ACU:

h**ps://digitalcommons.acu.edu/leroy_garrett/

Nice picture of Br. Garrett. But he is posed in front of a cross, which never would have been allowed in the churches I attended.

Ivy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:09 am

My nephew was a mainline COC preacher, later a minister for Disciples of Christ. He is currently a Unitarian Universalist minister.

Moogy!! I didn't know that. Good for him!!

UU is a recent development for him.