Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

I would like to know what any of you have experienced regarding this "famous Church of Christ" preacher who regularly held giant outdoor stadium meetings in the 1960s. (I recall as a child going to hear him, and the song leader was Pat Boone.) I have heard that in his autobiography he has ...

I never found the deep and close church family relationships again (at least not so far), although there have been a handful of important relationships...and I found a far deeper and meaningful relationship with God. Doesn't mean that's the way it will be for you, but that's been my experience so fa...

Sometimes, when I stop to think about it, I am absolutely mortified that I wasted so much of my life by spending all of Sunday at church. No, it wasn't just 2 hours in the morning, and 1 hour at night. It was hours of planning on Saturday and making it happen on Sunday so that an entire family got c...

TONS of great memories. It was my "community," and I grew up feeling loved, cared for, attended to, and having fun. I was very lucky.

In my experience with coc lots of double talk and mixed messages. No consistent clarity.

Hi. You are more than welcome to be here, but this may not be the right board for the questions you're asking. You seem to be wanting to be heavily involved in other same-believers' lives (and vice versa) in order to point out errors in their lives in order to save them from hell. I'm not sure you'l...

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I've really enjoyed the few times I've taken a "leadership" role at my church. Once I was asked to lead the communion meditation. They gave me the topic of the service (Jacob wrestling with the angel). I wrote a brief essay and read it. I have no fear of public speaking (which I understand...

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Wasn't an issue when I was growing up in the CoC.

I went to a public school, and we recited it daily.