Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

same with me...I would turn and run, or go down a different isle at the grocery store. Now I just walk right past them. If they say hello I will reply with same. I know I am not quite where I need to be with my relationship with God, but I know it's better than when I was with CoC. My CoC has not gr...

all sounds familiar....my ex-COC had a guy in "leadership" that used to read the names of people who got arrested (published in the local paper) to see if anyone was from the church or someone they knew. One guy got arrested for a suspended license (paid a ticket late and they failed to re...

yes, they are extremely cloistered. The core members (the ones that survived all the splits) avoid associating with anyone outside the church other than immediate family - always thought that was odd... Yeah the IRS thing was weird...one Sunday morning an Elder gets up and says "church owes 65,...

and oh yes, they love the big fishing waders....

thanks! I do feel bad about not attending church at all. I want to get back in, but have a trust issue. CCOC is very touch feely....but they never grow. The leadership was trained by the former preacher who was straight from ICOC (boston movement). I want to find a place that will tell me the truth ...

Thanks for the welcome. To understand how I came to be lost and hurt, I will give a little background. Sorry if it's longwinded I grew up catholic, but not what you call a strong follower (going some Sundays , Easter, Christmas) While working in Atlanta in 1997, I met a girl at a bible study and we ...

Hi - my name is Ryan. I have been hurt by a COC and am currently not attending anywhere. I attended Cornerstone COC in Thomasville Georgia for several years. My purpose for signing up to this site is to try and make sense of what happened to me while at that particular COC, and gain some understandi...