What to Expect....

            When You Visit a Church of Christ
 

YOU CAN EXPECT to find a group of Christians assembled to worship God through Jesus Christ his Son. This worship consists of studying the Holy Scriptures, praying, singing, observing the Lord's Supper, and contributing of our means. These Christians worship as Christ directed the first century disciples (John 4:24; 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Timothy 2:8; Ephesians 5:19; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2).

You can expect these churches to have a wholesome respect for the inspired word of God, the sole and Complete Authority in religion today. " If any man speck let him speak as the oracles of God." (1 Peter 4:11). "Let us all walk by the same rules" (Philippians 3:16). Since churches of Christ accept the word of God as an all- sufficient rule of faith and practice you can expect them to reject all human creeds (Galatians 1:8-9; Revelation 22:18-19.

Since Jesus declared, "Upon this rock I will build my church" (Matthew 16:18). Churches of Christ are identified as belonging to Him (Romans 16:16). In these churches you will hear everyone entreated to obey the Lord's commands, namely: BELIEVE in Christ (John 8:24). REPENT (Luke 13:3 CONFESS Christ (Matthew 10:32, and be BAPTIZED into Christ (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38) in order to become a Christians, a member of the Lord's church. After becoming a Christian these disciples are then urged to continue faithfully in worshiping and serving the Lord as the New Testament directs.
 

You may expect to hear gospel preachers pleading for all who would follow Christ to return to the original pattern of Christianity as revealed in the New Testament. It is their conviction that since the word of God is the seed of the Kingdom (Luke 8:11); if it Alone is planted in the hearts of men it will produce the fruit today as it did in the first century.