What is the church of Christ exactly? Are you Mormons? The following is designed as a response to this common question. We are a group of people with a common faith in Jesus Christ and love for each other that leads us to worship God as He directs and to serve God’s children. We wear no name except Christian (Acts 11:26). We are self-governing congregations under Christ alone. He is the head, and we have no denominational affiliation or earthly headquarters (Col. 1:18). We are free to study, teach, and work as the Bible leads us (John 8:32). We do not support the denominational divisions of today and pray for the time when all will come into the unity of the faith that is in Christ (1 Cor. 1:10-17; Eph. 4:1-6).
We work and worship as we understand the Scriptures to teach. We observe the Lord’s Supper each Sunday according to the example set by the apostles and the first century Christians (Acts 20:7). Our music is the praise of our lips and hearts without mechanical accompaniment (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16). Prayers are intended to be an acknowledgment of God’s blessings and to express our gratitude to Him (Matt. 6:9-13). The preaching of the Word of God is given a prominent place (2 Tim. 4:1-2). Our giving is liberal, personal, and proportionate to the dedication of all that we have and are (2 Cor. 9:7). The entire worship service is planned but not rigid through a humanly devised liturgy (1 Cor. 14:40; John 4:24).
Acceptance into the congregation is by baptism or by transfer of membership of a baptized believer from another congregation of the Lord’s church. Those who are not yet Christians, as the Bible defines Christian, are taught to believe in Jesus Christ with their whole heart, to repent of their sins, to confess Christ with their mouth, and to be baptized into Christ for the remission of their sins just as people were taught to do in the first century (Rom. 10:9, 10; Acts 2:37-38; Gal. 3:26-27). We follow the guide of immersion of believers, the baptism instituted by Jesus and practiced by the early church which mimics Christ’s death, burial, resurrection (Rom. 6:3-9). We exist to follow Him who came to minister to mankind and to give His life as the ransom for many. We exist to bring honor and glory to Him by exercising a heartfelt obedience to His will (Eph. 3:20, 21). Our marching orders are the Lord’s world-wide commission to preach the Gospel to all the lost (Matt. 28:19, 20; Mark 16:15, 16). Our hope is His everlasting Kingdom and the resurrection of the dead (1 Cor. 15:24). Our message is “Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). Our prayer is His, “That they all might be one…” (John 17:21). Our plea is for you to be in His Kingdom with no one between you and God but Him (1 Tim. 2:4, 5). All are welcome to be part of this fellowship in Christ. The only things that is required is obedience and faithfulness until death (Rev. 2:10).