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Thanks for your response. Sorry for the losses in your congregation from the tornado. I am of the conservative Christian Churches. correct, not DOC. There are plenty of First Christian Churches which are not DOC. just a name thing. I actually respect many CoC guys. I even use some of their commentary stuff for my sermons. I have The Fourfold Gospel by McGarvey on my desk right now for some research.
Thanks, we had several. Youth minister list a baby. Couple others. Several lost homes, etc. Cookeville was torn up as a whole. Sad. It's still a wreck. clean up and recovery is a long process.
Obviously, you know the history of the two churches, so a typical CC and CoC not much difference in beliefs. The ones that do exist, IMO, are not salvation type belief differences. The FCC/DOC gets into female pastors and such and are more evangelical and not ever rooted in with CC and CoC in their beginnings. Like the CoC, the CC as we are speaking also remains "autonomous." The preacher at the CC we did attend had a vast knowledge of popular CoC guys and used them quite a bit also. If your holding McGarvey, you are conservative. We both have "liberal" congregations so to speak. Funny thing. Collegeside is accused locally by some to be a wild church. I've never witnessed a thing. And I would be one to be totally uncomfortable with a "wild" service. See some clapping during songs, depending on the song, but that's about it. No biggie. Thanksgiving singing rotates each year between the four big congregations locally. There are like over a hundred in the two counties total just CoC. One boycotted when it was our turn because of clapping and such. we just ignore that stuff. It was one song in particular, and we even promised not to do that one. My boss is at a church that views us that way. I have set him straight a few times on how we really are.