Our Name: We are simply people. A congregation of the Church which Jesus Christ established and for which he died (Matthew 16:18). However, the term "Church of Christ" is not used as a denominational name. It is a description of who we are: the Church that belongs to Christ. That it is why we the Church is called by His name. This is not meant to say that we are surperior to all others. We know that all individuals, including each of us, "have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). This encourages us to strive even more to carefully follow God's commands as revealed in the New Testament.
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Our Communion: One part of our worship is the Lord's Supper. This is a memorial that was instituted by Jesus Christ (Matthew 26:26-28). The Apostle Paul instructed the Corinth church of Christ writing: "For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, 'This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me' "(1 Corinthians 11:23-25).

Christians are privileged to observe it in memory of His death, burial, resurrection, and coming return. As the Apostle Paul continued: "For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26). The unleavened bread and fruit of the vine, symbolize to us the body and blood of Jesus Christ which were sacrificed for the sins of man (1 Corinthians 10:16). We share this supper on the first day of every week, as did the 1st Century churches of Christ (Acts 20:7). Although most denominations do not worship in this way, we are comitted to being obedient to the New Testament.

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Our Music: We are most obviously different from denominations by the music we offer in worship. Our commitement is to follow only the authority we have been given by Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20). We worship God with the music. We use our voices and our hearts, just as scripture commands (Ephesians 5:19). Although, this is commonly called 'a cappella,' we can be sure that this is the music that God desires from us and that Jesus Christ authorizes us to use. In all things, we strive to worship according the commands of God as revealed in the New Testament. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Our Collection: We contribute money every Sunday as part of our worship assembly. This is done with the authority and commands found in the New Testament. "On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come (1 Corinthians 16:1-2). Visitors are never asked or expected to give anything. Members voluntarily contribute money in order to obey God by supporting the congregation and the cause of God in this world. Although we usually pass the collection plate immediately following the Lord's Supper, the contribution is a separate and individual act of worship. If you are not a Christian yet wish to donate to us, please don't. We are not interested in your money. Rather, it is you, your fellowship with God and His Son, and your salvation that concern us.

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Our Membership: Membership into the Church for which Christ died is not like membership in some club or manmade organization. The New Testament tells us how a person becomes a Christian and it is when a person becomes a Christian, that the Lord places their membership in the Church. There are no separate sets of rules or ceremonies which one must obey in order to be accepted. Whenever any one capable of understanding becomes a Christian through obedient baptism for the remission of sins, they become a member of the Church at the same time. Nothing furthter is needed. This is just as it was in the 1st Century. In fact, on the first day that the Church came into existence, all those who repented and were baptized were saved (Acts 2:38) and from that day forward all those who have been saved were added to the church (Acts 2:47).

It was the Lord who added them to the Church. We have no authority to make further demands on anyone. Neither do we have the authority to demand any less (e.g. a simple "sinner's prayer"). The New Testament makes it clear that a person becomes a Christian when they are given eternal life at baptism (Romans 6:3-4). A person is only capable of being baptized correctly after hearing and believing God's Word (Romans 10:17, Acts 16:30-31), repenting of their sins (Acts 17:30), and confessing "because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved"( Romans 10:9-10). We don't have membership drives. Instead, we strive always to "make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19).

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Salvation: When one has heard and believed the Gospel, they are called to confess and repent. At that point, Salvation (or Eternal Life) is the free gift of God given by His grace to all who call upon the name of Jesus Christ through Baptism for the forgiveness of sins. This eternal life is what makes someone a Christian. In order to maintain our eternal life, we must continue to walk in the light as He walked in the light.