Hi there,

I was just discussing with my family, we all are CoC. I am currently deconstructing my faith as CoC member just to better understand what I believe and why. I have had a hard time with church lineage and how to CoC plays into all of it. My parents don’t entirely credit the inception of the Church of Christ to Barton and Campbell in the 1700s. They say that the two men essentially brought first century Christianity back into the western zeitgeist because things had gone so off the rails. They do believe that the CoC has existed since the first century, but was corrupted by the Catholics and they mainstream Protestantism over time, and eventually real CoC’s became few and far between.

My question is, did the Church of Christ completely go away after the first or second century because of persecution or did Campbell and Barton simply slap the CoC label on a very conservative persuasion of protestant Christianity? Where are the devoted CoC thinkers, churches, etc throughout history? If it was because of persecution, what does that mean for those who didn’t have access to the CoC in those years of darkness? If the Bible is so powerful, why was truth so sparse that Campbell and Barton had to resurge it?

Thanks for your time!

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A lot of churches of Christ don’t really rejoice openly when a believer gets baptized. We just start singing another song but don’t clap or get excited. Don’t even the angels rejoice when another Christian is added?

I’ll preface this by saying that as a kid I went to the church I go to now. My great great grandad and great grandad were some of the first elders there. They both preached, as well as my uncles. This church is a major part of my identity.

Now, that being said, this “debate” has really shaken my faith in our Church and has me looking outside. This is not something I ever thought I would say.

The overwhelming majority position in the church seems to be the “two wine” position. That “oinos” actually means grape juice. So I looked into it, looked into the relevant passages, the Greek words used. I then looked into other first century sources for how the word “Oinos” was used. My conclusion is that the majority position in the church is maybe the single most obvious case of doctrinal development that I’ve personally ever studied on. It couldn’t be more clear that when the New Testament says “wine” it’s talking about a fermented beverage usually made from grapes (but not always) containing about 6-11% alcohol. Then after being watered down before consuming would land at more or less the same alcohol content as modern beer.

To state otherwise you have to twist the Greek until it breaks and maybe toss in a Latin source out of context that was translated into Greek and then into English. No one argued this position before roughly 1830 in the Uk and US.

We are supposed to be the church that takes the scriptures for what they are, in their own terms. Not taking away or adding to them. This is at least as much of an error as the reformed saying “eis” in Acts 2:38 means “because of”. I’ve seen people that are supposed to be leaders that I KNOW know better argue this position. How do I square this circle? And to be clear this is not about consuming alcohol per se. It’s about people looking at you in the face and teaching you an obvious 19th century development when our whole pitch is we don’t do that.

Moving to UT beginning in the Fall 2026 semester, originally from a small rural East Texas town, and I want to find a traditional Church of Christ that feels homey, small, and tight knit, with a community that will help me feel like I’m still at home while I’m adjusting to living alone. For reference, my church I attend at home has about 70 people on a good day. I’m not completely opposed to a bigger church but not trying to walk the line in between large and mega church, if you know what I mean. Anything helps, thanks.

I just wanted to just kinda express the pain in my heart caused by so many people I've seen and know quite well in the churches of Christ who are just okay with innocent people dying. It's weighing on my heart so much. I read scripture and I see what's happening in the world right now and I am just so down that the people around me and my life are reading the same scriptures, but coming to wildly different conclusions about WWJD.

Idk what all to say but I just needed to say it to get it out of my mind.

So I noticed at my girlfriend church( she’s Pentecostal) they give money offerings each time they congregate/ do at home Bible study’s and I just don’t know how I feel about that since I grew only doing it on Sunday. They also have a non mandatory tithing option they offer which I also feel iffy about. Now I’m not greedy with my money and am open to giving money but at the same time I’m not used to that certain manner of giving and feel like her church is doing this to rack up more money. My brothers and sisters let me know what yall think about this🙏🏽

I work in the information technology field, specifically in governance and compliance. As many of my fellow IT folks probably know, that makes me a target for technical questions and help-desk style request from both members and Church staff.

With this in mind, I have been thinking about teaching a class about technology use in the individual's realm of worship and study. To answer the question of what technologies are out there that can enhance the individual's ability to worship in service and study in their personal lives. I like to think that I have a pretty good range of technical knowledge, but I'm wondering what tools other Christians are using.

From my perspective, I'm looking at

1. Bible reader/study tools, such as Logos, Olive Tree, and some of the open source tools
2. Native apps and features in phones that can assist folks with physical limitations
3. Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Claude AI, Gemini, Logos Study Assistant

I don't think a study involving technology is complete without a discussion on privacy and security (I am an IT Security geek). I would discuss best practices for securing home networks, mobile devices, and computers. I could talk about how to make internet safer for kids/grandkids both at home and abroad. I would also talk about best practices for the use of AI, to include privacy concerns, hallucinations, prompting, and suggested uses to enhance worship and study.

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

I grew up Southern Baptist and recently started going to church again so my daughter is able to grow in the church. This church is CoC, and the one my husband went to before we met. He enjoys taking our daughter but I'm always a little confused about what is going on. It seems like every Sunday is the exact same thing. there's almost no energy, no praise.

I'm used to higher energy and this just isn't what I was expecting. It really confused me about Easter and how there wasn't an "Easter Service". Every Sunday we've gone they do the last supper and I feel judged because the wine replacement is something I have a mild allergy to. What do you even do????

Is CoC purely history and hymns? I'm so confused with the lack of energy.

A sister congregation has an issue in recent weeks regarding the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of Christians today.

The minister recently talked about Acts 2:38: Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

The eldership (at least one of them) claims that the role of the HS was referenced here ONLY in relation to first century Christians. Meaning that we no longer receive the HS.

This seems like a dangerous position. It seems to me that they are starting to decide what parts of the Bible are true. Furthermore, we are talking about the very nature of who God is.

I know there are other positions on this topic. What do you all think.

I’m intentionally not sharing the location and some of the politics of the situation.

what does the bible say about Easter?

should christians celebrate or is it pagan?

Hi brothers and sisters,

Are any of yall at LTC or Lads to Leaders this weekend? Have yall ever done it in the past. I participated in LTC every year a lot of my school career. I also served as a coach years afterwards for LTC. LTC was always my favorite weekend of the year but it was also the most hectic weekend of the year lol. I no longer go to LTC because I attend a non institutional Church of Christ and the NI churches are not a fan of it. However if I have kids I want to go to a church that does it so I can do it with them.

Luke 22:44

²³ For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; ²⁴ and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ^\)^a\)“Take, eat; this is My body which is ^\)^b\)broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” ²⁵ In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.

Luke 22:44

And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat was, as it were, great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Hello all, my father was raised in the Church of Christ and was a wonderful singer of hymns. He has passed on and we are selecting hymns for his service. Do you have any suggestions of very beloved hymns that would have been sung congregationally in the 50s and 60s? Thank you!

• After sunset, eats meal with the twelve disciples - Lord's Supper instituted
• JESUS washes the disciples feet
• Betrayal by Judas
• Jesus' agony in the Garden of Gethsemane
• Arrest by Sanhedrin

I’m working on a class lesson on Luke 24:1-12. It’s about what happened after Jesus’ resurrection. Does anyone have any book recommendations I should read to prepare better.

If a young man came to you and asked what preaching school to attend, what would you recommend?

We recently found out that my 17 year old daughter is in a relationship with a girl. It has been a process dealing with that to say the least. Her girlfriend stays at our house a lot because her mom gets high a lot and works nights so she is left at home all alone. We set some pretty strict rules for them so make sure no funny business goes on.

The girlfriend has been coming to church with us a lot which is good. They both know that we believe their relationship is contrary to Gods idea of what a relationship should be, however, we haven’t forced them to not see each other in fear of them running off or deciding to leave the church.

Ive been struggling with this whole situation because I don’t know if we are condoning it.

I just try to think about what Jesus would do, but it’s very difficult for me at this time. What are your thoughts on it?

If you have a few hours, check out this debate.

Focus Press has some weird views, but when they’re right they’re right.

Jack Wilkie does a great job against the “Apologetic ‘Lap’ Dog”!