Churches of Christ???

Question

Anyone on here belong to the Churches of Christ (not United Church of Christ)? If so, what do you have to say about it? I recently started attending one and would LOVE to talk to others that do too!

Answer 1

I am a member of the Church of Christ.

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

I have been a member of the church of Christ for over 40 years. The church of Christ is the church in the New Testament established by Jesus around 33 AD.

Please feel free to contact me via email.

"The churches of Christ salute you." Romans 16:16

Answer 3

I was raised attending a Church of Christ. It was very strict on dogma. It was also dreadfully dreary in it's hyms (lol). Only white christians can sing a hallelujah and not make it sound like a hallelujah. I remember it had very strict rules concerning music in the church, dancing, dating, tattoos, peircings, and divorce. Although, I don't know how much has changed, as I haven't been near a church in nearly 10 years.

Answer 4

I attended one for a while. It was alright, and it was pretty similar to some of the other churches I went to. The only thing I disagreed with was that they did not allow musical instruments to play the church music. I never really understood the point...that's just me though.

Answer 5

The Churches of Christ have a link to the early Mormon Church, and were started by a couple of the Mormons' original apostles. William Law was one of them, but I don't remember the other(s).

Answer 6

How can there be a "Church of Christ," when the Church of God is the only church Jesus acknowledges?

Answer 7

I attended a church of christ while I was growing up. My description of the church could be summed up in the following:

A whole group of bible thumping, born again, better than thou, bickering people that couldn't agree on anything but that every one but them were going to hell.

Answer 8

no I don't