Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

I dated a girl who father was a minister. She said he wasn't religious and just took up the ministry because it was the easiest work he could find. He didn't go to church after he retired. I can see someone thinking that the work of a COC preacher could be easy. I think it would be difficult to bec...

I thought I might want to read this, too, so I checked Amazon. Almost $30 for a Kindle version, so I will pass. It occurred to me what a bizarre notion it is that the COC represents the “Ancient Faith.” First century Christians would not recognize the COC. If you want an ancient Christian faith, loo...

The thing that somewhat bothered me from a philosophical point is they have special events which they call "committment to Christ" for very young children, much like the Catholic Church has Christenings/Infant Baptism. This to me seems to go against the protestant tradition where religiou...

At a CofC in my area a number of years ago, the old ladies objected to preaching on Galatians, you know the Galatian Heresy type stuff, and as a result of their responsive input, 5 ministers demonstrably walked out all at once during a Sunday morning service, one I know ended up at an Independent C...

Ivy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 03, 2022 9:47 am For anyone who might be interested, here is a link to a collection of his writings, housed at ACU:

h**ps://digitalcommons.acu.edu/leroy_garrett/

Nice picture of Br. Garrett. But he is posed in front of a cross, which never would have been allowed in the churches I attended.

Ivy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:09 am

My nephew was a mainline COC preacher, later a minister for Disciples of Christ. He is currently a Unitarian Universalist minister.

Moogy!! I didn't know that. Good for him!!

UU is a recent development for him.

I had a pitch pipe and was trained to use it and would have but for one thing. At the congregation I attended there were two people who believed it constituted instrumental music in the worship. My dad and a man from his congregation did not speak to one another for YEARS after they had a disagreem...

There is a rather pricey academic book titled “The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement.” Different sections were written by different authors, including one short piece by my nephew. My nephew was a mainline COC preacher, later a minister for Disciples of Christ. He is currently a Unitarian ...

The coC where I grew up had singing classes for those who wanted to participate. We were fortunate to have a man who majored in music education. Besides, he had a great voice. Later, the church I attended as a young adult had such classes, with a good but less talented leader. We learned to follow t...

Welcome. Even though I have been out for nearly 40 years, there are things I miss. I had a groups of friends that were close, and I haven’t found that anywhere else. It wasn’t real friendship, since it was dependent on me staying in line with COC teachings. But I still miss those days.