church of christ, can anyone tell me about it?

Question

what do they believe? what makes it different from the rest?

Answer 1

The “church of Christ” is neither Catholic, nor Protestant. The church of Christ is not a denomination. The church of Christ identifies itself by name as a church that is trying to follow the “doctrine of Christ” (2 John 9). The “church of Christ” identifies itself by name as a church that belongs to Christ. The name points to the owner and builder. The name points to the one who purchased the church. (Matthew 16:18, Acts 20: 28)

In contrast to this the name of many denominations point to the name of a man, a particular practice, or the way they are organized. A member of a denomination identifies himself by name as one who submits to the authority of that denomination and tries to follow the doctrine (teaching) of that denomination. Why not just follow the doctrine and authority of Christ?

The church of the Bible is compared to a bride, with Christ being the groom. A bride honors the groom when she agrees to wear his name. But many churches today wear man made names.

Suppose, for example, Mr. Smith asks his girlfriend to marry him. She agrees, but says, “Our friend Mr. Jones is a good man, so when we get married, instead of being called Mrs. Smith, I want to be called Mrs. Jones.” Would Mr. Smith have a reason to question her loyalty to him? Would he feel honored? Why would a bride wear another man’s name? Why would a church want to wear a man-made name? The “church of Christ” wears a name found in scripture (Romans 16: 16).


The church of Christ wishes to restore the church to the teaching that was established and authorized by Christ and his apostles. We wish to have Biblical authority for everything we practice and teach. (Col. 3:17)

The Bible teaches that Jesus is the head of the church and the church is his body. (Eph. 1:22-23) The church of Christ recognizes this, and therefore there is no “headquarters” on earth. Each congregation is independent and goes directly to the Bible to learn what should be taught and how we should worship. We believe the Bible is sufficient and we need no other authority or creed books. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:3) Christ has “all authority” and we wish to follow this authority by following the things He taught. (Matt 28:18-20) We don’t want to add any man-made doctrine. (If we follow the authority or teaching of men, then Christ does not have “all authority” in our spiritual lives.) If we teach as doctrine the commandments of men, this makes our worship vain! (Matthew 15:9)

Please do not confuse the church of Christ with the “United Church of Christ”, the “International Church of Christ”, the “Church of Christ Scientists”, or the “Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints (Mormons)”. These groups are not the same and they teach drastically different things!

If you wish to know more about those who simply want to be New Testament Christians (nothing more, nothing less, nothing else), I invite you to investigate the church of Christ by comparison to the Scriptures! I have included a few web sites below that you might wish to visit, or you can e-mail me with any additional questions.

Thank you for your good question and interest in the church.

Answer 2

If we're talking about the church of Christ and NOT the Church of Jesus Christ for Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons), there are a few things that set the church of Christ apart: (1) They don't have instrumental music during the worship service -- they cite the fact that the Bible commanded use of instruments in the Old Testament but does not give such a command in the New Testament. (2) They partake of the Lord's Supper every Sunday, and they use actual unleavened bread -- usually matzos -- for the Lord's Supper. (3) They believe that baptism is a crucial part of God's plan for our salvation, and that is specifically listed in their answer to the question "What must I do to be saved?" (4) There is no hierarchy or national structure to the churches of Christ -- each church has its own preacher, elders, and deacons, but it's not like they answer to another council that controls a certain state, region, country, etc. (5) No matter what they do or what they believe, they can point to specific verses and/or passages in the Bible that support what they believe, which leads to the most important thing: (6) They believe that the Bible is the one and only inspired word of God, so members of their churches do what the Bible says and don't establish other customs based on tradition.

Answer 3

First let me tell you a little about the history, and then I will write a little about specific beliefs.

The Churches of Christ are part of a movement called the "Restoration" or "Stone-Campbell" movement that began in 1809 when someone named Thomas Campbell wrote a document called the Declaration and Address in whichhe declared that "That the Church of Christ upon earth is essentially, intentionally, and constitutionally one." The ensuing movement led by Campbell, his son Alexander, and Barton Stone (and Walter Scott) was an attempt to persuade American Christians to abandon their denominational distinctives and unite under the banner of "New Testament Christianity," looking to the New Testament to dictate how the church should be organized, and what must be believed to be a Christian.

in 1906 the movement split. Conservatives became the Churches of Christ, while moderates and liberals became "Christians" or "Disciples." This split continues to exist today, with very little conversation going on between the two groups.

The belief that baptism is necessary for salvation is a hallmark of the conservative Church of Christ tradition. Because of their background in trying to restore "New Testament Christianity," they tend to see themselves as the only true church. They also tend to reject instrumental music in worship, on the grounds that there is no New Testament justification for it. I hope this helps.

Answer 4

If it's the International Church of Christ, avoid it like the plague, if it's the mainline Church of Christ, it's probably okay.

If they say anything about discipling, avoid them, as it's the International Church of Christ. They are cult-like IMO, they think everyone needs to have someone over them called a "discipler" that gives them input (which they expect you to follow) about how to run every aspect of your life. Very Legalistic

Answer 5

There a few differences in their core beliefs. You must be baptised by their church to get into heaven. Any baptisms from before don't count. They practice a full immersion baptism. They do not play musical instruments in worship. They don't believe in Original Sin. They do not believe that communion/Lord's Supper is the literal body of Christ.

Answer 6

What We Believe

The Church of Christ . .
Believes the Bible is the inspired and inerrant word of God. It is absolute in it’s authority and it contains all the truth needed for salvation and for living in Christ.

Believes that God exists eternally in three persons—Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Believes that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. We believe that the virgin-born Son of God died for our sins, was buried, arose from the dead and is coming again.

Endeavors to preach the good news of Christ to our own community and throughout the world, with the goal of winning all mankind to Christ as Savior and Lord.

Challenges our members, through the indwelling power of the Spirit, to develop a Christ-like lifestyle and to become His voice and hands in the world through service.

Continues the New Testament practices of baptism by immersion and the weekly observance of the Lord’s Supper.

Regards its people not as the only Christians, but as Christians only.

Invites into its family all who would commit themselves to Christ as their personal Savior and Lord, and who have expressed this decision by confessing their faith in Christ and being baptized by immersion in obedience to Him.

Cooperates with other Christian churches and agencies but is regulated or dominated by none.

Answer 7

you need to have the missionaries come over and get the discussions. you have heard slightly and anticipate lots. There are 4 or 5 of them and that they final 30-40 5 minutes each and each. which will sparkling up lots of your misconceptions and supply you a extra useful sense for what Mormons are and are not. a million. there is not any "Mormon heaven". Mormons would be in each and each "area" of heaven besides as non-Mormons. those in the utmost point of Heaven ought to acquire Christ's gospel and acquire the right ordinances. 2. There are surely 3 tiers of heaven, each and each with multiple levels. 3. Mormons sense a private dating with Christ is mandatory 4. Like doggies grow to be like thier mothers and fathers, we've the means to grow to be like ours. God is our loving father and needs us to have all that he has. 5. Mormons stress coaching AND missions. BYU is a Mormon owned and operated college with approximately 35,000 pupils. there are multiple different Mormon colleges. Our prophet has inspired us to get as lots coaching as plausible. yet another suggested that we ought to continually learn from the terrific books. Educations is quite under pressure. 6. a million in 50 human beings are Mormons. They make up the 4th greatest Church in the U. S.. they at the instant are not a cult to any extent further or decrease than the different prepared faith. US presidents in many situations meet with the Mormon prophets and leaders. 7. maximum Mormons welcome questions related to our faith (as long as they at the instant are not unfavourable or mocking). you are able to ask your chum something which you relatively want. we are frequently desirous to sparkling up misconceptions and bring up expertise. 8. Take a number of the solutions you will get with a grain of salt. There are some those that don't love Mormons and purposefully unfold lies and partial truths.

Answer 8

I attended one for a while when I was a teenager. The real oddity that stuck out to me was belief in salvation *only* through baptism; a "salvation prayer" alone wouldn't do it, and I even got the impression that such a prayer wasn't considered necessary.

Not sure if this is a church doctrine belief or I was at an odd one (and boy was it odd, in many ways), but there's that.

Answer 9

We believe in the Trinty, that Jesus is the Son of God and that He came to earth to die for our sins.
We beileve the Bible to be the Inspired Word of God

We beileve that to be saved you must

Hear the Word of God
Believe the Word of God
Admit you are a sinner
Repent of your sins
Be Baptised
Live a Faithful life

Answer 10

It all depends on where you are located. In SD they said come as you are because god does not judge you on what you wear and they believed in what the bible says.
In Colorado they where all dressed up fancy and did more singing than reading from the bible. They where not very friendly and we didn't feel welcome.
I guess all you can do is go and find out for yourself.