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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3908035" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Churches of Christ are also not under any kind of regional, state, or national "headquarters." Each congregation is its own entity and owns or leases places to worship. Each congregation hires their own preachers and staff, and all contributions stay with each congregation.</p><p></p><p>Each congregation operates under a system where there are Elders that are essentially the ones guiding the church, and there are deacons (unpaid) that help with ministries and other functions of the church. Each church can decide their own ways of worship. For instance, some congregations don't believe in having Bible study for the kids. And, while most congregations do not use musical instruments in the worship, we did encounter a few in Indiana a couple of years ago that did use instruments. And speaking of instruments, we only refrain from using them in worship, and many of our members are quite musical in their own right. Thus, we aren't totally against musical instruments in our daily lives. (In my case, I play a very mean radio.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3908035, member: 7900"] Churches of Christ are also not under any kind of regional, state, or national "headquarters." Each congregation is its own entity and owns or leases places to worship. Each congregation hires their own preachers and staff, and all contributions stay with each congregation. Each congregation operates under a system where there are Elders that are essentially the ones guiding the church, and there are deacons (unpaid) that help with ministries and other functions of the church. Each church can decide their own ways of worship. For instance, some congregations don't believe in having Bible study for the kids. And, while most congregations do not use musical instruments in the worship, we did encounter a few in Indiana a couple of years ago that did use instruments. And speaking of instruments, we only refrain from using them in worship, and many of our members are quite musical in their own right. Thus, we aren't totally against musical instruments in our daily lives. (In my case, I play a very mean radio.) [/QUOTE]
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