We used to have some great wars on FR with the C of C back in the mid 2000s.
Near here are five different CofCs that came out of the Stone/Campbell revivals, whose doctrines, others said, were formulated by Sidney Rigdon who also formulated the Mormon early doctrines.
The Disciples of Christ.
The no musical instrument Church of Christ, Sunday School ok.
The No music, no Sunday School, no permanent preacher, no kitchen CofC.
The First Christian Church, Music ok.
The ONE CUP CofC. No individual communion cups. No music, no sunday school, no kitchen.
All demand immersionist baptism in their church and do not recognize other denomination’s baptisms to be valid.
Each holds to it’s peculiar doctrine and often will not associate with the other groups. They consider all other churches which do not cross the “t” and dot the “i” their way to be “false christians”!
Here is a CofC publishing house some CofCrs on FR claimed did not exist. There are others.
You forgot to mention another C of C, not started by Campbell. The Philippine Church of Christ (Iglesia ni Cristo) started by a man named Felix Manalo
Everyone must be labelled, eh? :-)
Are you Republican or Democrat?
Libertarian, Conservative, or Liberal?
Capitalist or Communist?
Catholic or Protestant?
Baptist or Methodist?
It’s a quick way to identify those with whom we agree, I suppose. But then how will we ever settle our disagreements?
You can’t read the Bible without seeing case after case after case of MEN coming up with their own ideas about how to serve God. Whether it’s Nadab and Abihu offering “strange fire”, or false teachers forbidding people to marry. And often such men draw away many followers with them into disobedience.
Jesus promised His apostles that the Spirit would come, and would guide them into all truth. And those who want to know this truth can read what God’s inspired prophets have written for us. In his second epistle, Peter explains that this is how we can ensure our salvation.
So perhaps we don’t need labels after all, but will unite on our willingness to submit to the will of God found in the Scriptures, and abandon the divisions brought about by disobedient men. Then we can be labelled simply as saints, disciples, believers, Christians.
The Disciples of Christ was a break-away from the Baptists.