Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: catfood@ncoast.org (Mark W. Schumann) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Church of Christ Message-ID: Date: 30 Jun 91 18:46:03 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu rjb@akgua.att.com (Robert J Brown) writes: >In article , sasbrb@unx.sas.com (Brendan Bailey) writes: >> >> Does anyone have any information on the Church of Christ? >Note that this group, whose official name I've forgotten, IS NOT the >denominational group Church of Christ. THe denomination is long >standing and related doctrinally to the Disciples of Christ and the >Christian Church denominations. The one you are talking about, Robert, is actually the UNITED Church of Christ. We used to be the Congregational (one one hand) and the Evangelical & Reformed (on the other hand) before the merger in 1957. The UCC is generally considered a more liberal denomination. But your point is correct; there is no relation here. -- ============================================================ Mark W. Schumann 3111 Mapledale Avenue, Cleveland 44109 USA Domain: catfood@ncoast.org UUCP: ...!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!catfood ============================================================ [There's also a Church of Christ, different from the U.C.C. Indeed there are probably several different ones. The one I know of came from one of the many movements that were dissatisfied with all the separate denominations, and tried to recreate the Church as it was in the NT. The intent of the name is that this isn't just a denomination, this is the real Church as Christ meant it to be. Unfortunately, unless you can convince everybody else, you end up just another denomination -- but one with a very confusing name. --clh]