You do not have to go to the library and search through
religious periodicals to find more information of the church of Christ.
You do not have to go to a seminary for several years to learn its doctrine.
You do not need to seek through countless religious books to see why we
worship the way we do. You need not look through handbooks to see
what changes have been made to the church over the last few centuries.
You need only look in one source to learn more about the church of Christ:
the New Testament!
Everything that the church of Christ does is to
be found in the pages of the New Testament. It is our only guide
and the church of Christ strives to be as it is: Unchanging.
Notice a few of the areas in which the church of Christ is in harmony with
New Testament teaching (there are no areas where harmony is not found):
-There is no universal headquarters
(each congregation being governed independently), and only one Head:
Christ (Ephesians 5:23).
-Congregations which are
able are overseen by elders and served by deacons (Philippians 1:1; I Timothy
3).
-The church of Christ meets
on the first day of the week (I Corinthians 16:2).
-The worship of the church
of Christ has not changed (Acts 2:42;20:7; I Corinthians 14:15; 16:2).
-The church of Christ is
undenominational using just the doctrine that was taught in the New Testament
(Acts 2:42; Galatians 1:6-9; Revelation 22:18,19).
-The terms of entry into
the church of Christ have not changed since New Testament times (Acts 2:37,38;
8:26-40; Romans 6).
One minister accurately stated, "A thing is composed
of the sum of its parts. Accordingly, it can be seen that the church
of Christ is not one among the many; but, rather, it is the one, true New
Testament church."