Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

Oh thank you!! I had no idea actually! I thought CoC was an umbrella term for icoc and icc, do you have a link for the icoc groups, I appreciate you letting me know! Everyone here has been so kind and helpful I really appreciate it :) There are things that I don't talk about because of identificati...

teresa wrote:Here's one site. It looks a bit out of date but they have links to other sites that might be useful.

http://www.reveal.org

Thank you so much!

I am afraid the whole discipling stuff would have been very attractive to me at a time in my life. Glad I missed it, and glad you are out. (/quote) It is very attractive. You end up being a disciple under a person who has supposedly got it together. How many people got it together in the CoC. The o...

Hi ExCocmember96 Welcome to the board. Were you raised in the Boston CoC or ICC movement, perhaps? I was raised in the ICOC I don’t feel comfortable saying where because most of my (old) friends and family attend still and I’d rather stay anonymous. That's ok; we definitely don't want you to "...

My region was awful with this. One time two campus church members slept together and the girl got pregnant and they had an entire lesson on why they had sinned and addressed them both by name (while they were in the room too!) any time someone had fallen into deep sin they would tell all of us, add...

teresa wrote:Hi ExCocmember96

Welcome to the board. Were you raised in the Boston CoC or ICC movement, perhaps?

I was raised in the ICOC I don’t feel comfortable saying where because most of my (old) friends and family attend still and I’d rather stay anonymous.

Hi and welcome to the Board. I've been 'out' for decades, and I seem to have missed some changes - what is a 'Sector'? what are 'regions'? Those were not words I ever heard in the CoC, back in the distant past when I was young. Please feel totally free to read any and all available 'threads' (discu...

So I was a kingdom kid, born and raised in the church. I got baptized at 17 and went to become a leader of the campus group. That’s when the responsibilities just piled on and on and struggling with depression while trying to be perfect enough for the church drove me to a mental hospital. I felt lik...

My region was awful with this. One time two campus church members slept together and the girl got pregnant and they had an entire lesson on why they had sinned and addressed them both by name (while they were in the room too!) any time someone had fallen into deep sin they would tell all of us, addr...