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My wife reminded me that the Robertsons are Church of Christ.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Another "dunkin' Campbellite" here checking into the thread. We generally use a small 'c' for "church" but, of course, capitalize the 'C' for "Christ". Among other things, that syntax helps to distinguish up from the United Church of Christ, where obama listens to hate-filled screeds from the consistently wrong Wright. The church of Christ has about as much in common with the United Church of Christ as it does with Mohammedanism.

Most of our congregations sing without instrumental accompaniment. At our church, we do have services with guns since the preacher carries as do most members. Woe unto the thug trying to make off with the collection plate! Hot lead in the head...but a graveyard is nearby for his convenience. :)

I'm following up on my own comment since I just got a FReepmail from a fellow Conservative asking more about the church of Christ. Since I respect his privacy, I'll not share his name. But I will go ahead and post my reply here since it may be of general interest and fellow member of the church may wish to point out my errors or maybe elaborate further.

In short the church of Christ is a restoration movement, primitive -- in the best sense of the word -- restoring the church to what it was in the time after Christ's resurrection. The motto, not there is actually one, is summed up by "...speak where the Bible speaks, be silent where the Bible is silent..."

If it's not prescribed by the Word of God, it's not in the church. Each congregation is autonomous since there's no manmade hierarchy. That said, I've found it to be very Conservative both in terms of theology as well as politically. The fact that the Robertsons go there tells a lot. Other members that are widely-known include Ken Starr (of the Clinton impeachment, he's become Baptist since he's Baylor's President), Texas Congressman Ted Poe, Aggie Gene Stallings, Astronaut Gus Grissom, Senator Fred Thompson, Amy Grant, Pat Sajack and on a much lighter note, Meatloaf and Wierd Al Yankovic.

On the matter of the Conservative politics, here's a thread I posted a couple years ago:

Bumper stickers and the church of Christ, travels from summer 2008.

Jim -- if any of this is out of line, let me know and I'll understand if it has to be pulled.

Another "dunkin' Campbellite" here checking into the thread. We generally use a small 'c' for "church" but, of course, capitalize the 'C' for "Christ". Among other things, that syntax helps to distinguish up from the United Church of Christ, where obama listens to hate-filled screeds from the consistently wrong Wright. The church of Christ has about as much in common with the United Church of Christ as it does with Mohammedanism.

Most of our congregations sing without instrumental accompaniment. At our church, we do have services with guns since the preacher carries as do most members. Woe unto the thug trying to make off with the collection plate! Hot lead in the head...but a graveyard is nearby for his convenience. :)

That's what I've heard about Church of Christ as well. They are highly conservative in scripture and usually politically as well.

The United Church of Christ however is a very different matter. It is more liberal and left leaning on all fronts than the Unitarians and supports such destructive orgs as Americans for the Separation of Church and State. The head of that group is Barry Lynn of United Church of Christ. I refuse to use the title of Reverend before his name.

I don’t understand what you’re saying. Are you upset because I capitalized the “C” in Church? My best friend, my sister and my BIL all go to a church that has a sign out front that says Church of Christ with big “Cs”