Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

A trend I have seen in both the west and the south is Churches are no longer displaying (or perhaps even having) denominational names or affiliations. I see quite a few Churches which display almost no name whatsoever or at least it isn't easy to see. And the name of the Church if displayed is somew...

I never thought I would see it, however I went to my brothers CoC for Xmas and was shocked to see a band had replaced their praise singers (my mothers traditional CoC is very opposed to praise singers, I am not sure why, maybe is is because they have women on the stage). I went to their website and ...

B.H. wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:02 am Don't go there. Where there is instruments in the present there will be the fires of hell in the future.

I only went as a duty to God to report on the depth of the depravity and apostasy to warn others!

This morning I went with my sister to her CoC. Several years ago when I went they had praise singers and rock music before the service on the PA system. Now they have a full band with two guitars, bass and keyboards playing praise music. I have no idea how they explain this! It was a very traditiona...

I know a good bit about the CoC Universities in Tennessee and Arkansas. Freed Hardeman has always been and still is the staunch conservative school in this area. Harding University in Search Arkansas is also quite conservative. Even both of these have liberalized somewhat in the last few years. I ju...

Here is an interesting article about how there became so many CoC's in Texas; https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/church-of-christ#:~:text=Early%20Texas%20Churches%20of%20Christ,west%20beyond%20the%20Colorado%20River.

The CoC I grew up in had a preacher who actually preached women could not wear pants to worship. The logic was somewhat tortured. And he wasn't a real conservative type overall. I remember he would also say in his sermons he would rather one of his daughters marrying a black person who was a Christi...

Drama but I also like some comedies. My favorite three movies were Patton, The Godfather, and Scarface. I also like some of the miniseries on cable; particularly Scenes from a Marriage, Olive Kittridge. And some cable series The Affair, Succession, Homeland. Of movies in the last years the ones I li...

But if coffee is given out people will have an excuse to slip out of a boring sermon because they have to use the restroom.

Many churches, not just CoC, now charge for weddings and sometimes even for members of the church although they sometimes get a reduced rate. And the amount charged isn't trivial, it is for more than just the cleanup. Weddings are big business nowadays, although it makes no sense, people like my mot...