Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

A lot of good stories on this topic. Of course, many of them reflect heartache and torn families when they were happening. I'm viewing them all from a comfortable position, treating them as irreverent entertainment. In my own family, my father (so it is told) became a member of The Church as a condi...

I remember times when they sat so long at my house that they grew mold. Yuck. But I would wash and sterilize in the dishwasher. :lol: :lol: :lol: You could have given the brethren botulism!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Mold? I remember you. Botulism? In the True Church of the 50s in South Texas, we laughe...

The Southern Baptists have very recently owned up to their slave-holding origins. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2018/12/12/southern-baptist-conventions-flagship-seminary-admits-all-four-its-founders-owned-slaves/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0224ab8574c3&wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=...

20. Stanzas 1,2, and 4. (Thus the expression "Feeling as neglected as the 3rd verse.") With one exception: the Invitation Song. All verses, even on Sunday night. Gives the guilty more time to think about "coming forward." Gives the preacher more time to gesture and plead with The...

While I doubt that "My Story: Why I Left the C of C" would be edifying--or even interesting--to you, Findingmyway, or any others, I do hope that someone on this forum can find a bit of comfort in this observation: those feelings of guilt (I'm turning my back on the very people who made me ...

As with several others, I participated several years ago on this board, before it crashed and burned. (No foreshadowing there, eh?) And I found the experience very supportive. Unlike most, however, I can't remember my old "handle." At the time, I was--for lack of a better term--"trans...