Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

Hello everyone My travels have taken me into ever depending relationship with my Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. My heart loves to read His Word and hear the Holy Spirit speaking through His people and His Word into my life. Steve Glad you are here! I had a similar experience except I didn't start qu...

Thank you for your heart-felt post. What you write mirrors so much of my own experience (as I know it does others here as well). I read this board for a while before posting and also found it comforting that I'm not alone. I started visiting other churches a month or so before leaving the CoC. The f...

Yes, we probably do know some of the same people and our paths may have even crossed at some point in the past. Thank you for the heads-up, the thought of people watching here did cross my mind, it's good to receive that confirmation. I'm sorry for the backlash, that's just sad. Recovery to the poin...

Hi, I mostly lurk here, but I am from the one cup, no hair cutting and pants wearing for women church. I left 30 years ago. I still love the people very much, but am so happy to be free of that mindset. Welcome It's great to see a post from someone who has also been in the one cup branch. It was su...

Welcome! We have at least one other poster who left the one-cup branch. I was in the non-institutional branch. I have been out a long time, and back then, our church was strict about many rules and my family rule was no pants on women. I didn't get my hair cut until my married sister trimmed it sli...

agricola wrote:Welcome to the ex-board! Please come right in and feel at home.

Thank you!

FinallyFree wrote:So glad you have joined us!

Thank you, I'm glad to be here!

It seemed strange to me that the only part of Romans that I ever heard preached about was the verse that says that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God". When I read and studied the entire book of Romans for myself, I discovered the grace and freedom that we have in Christ....

Hi everyone - including fellow reprobates! :) Thank you for letting me share my story here, I will give you the condensed version. Was raised in the CofC and never questioned their beliefs. I was convinced that I had been born into the “one true church” and was sold out to what I had been taught I n...