Christian Churches (independent) & Instrumental Churches Of Christ

Christian churches generally follow the free-worship tradition in its nineteenth-century evangelical form, featuring gospel songs, informal structure, and evangelistic sermons with invitations. Unlike most other free churches, however, they celebrate the Lord's Supper weekly. In recent years, some churches have been influenced by liturgical and praise-and-worship practices. In the United States alone there are some 1. 5 million members of the Christian Church/Church of Christ, yet in some ways the group is unknown and difficult to identify. The churches go by different titles, the most common being Christian Church (Church of Christ) or Church of Christ (Instrumental). The group has no denominational headquarters or central governing body to officially recognize a congregation, so many divergent viewpoints and worship practices are represented. The churches do not form a denomination or even an association, but constitute a "brotherhood" of mutually cooperating independent churches s…