The Church of Christ is not monolithic. There is a moderate movement within the group. The challenges are for the traditional ultra-conservative faction—which probably still is the dominant faction. See our article “Bible Questions for the Church of Christ.” We get angry challengers to the article from the hard liners among them, but there is a lot of truth revealed in our article:
http://www.faithfacts.org/world-religions-and-theology/church-of-christ
Thank you for the link and I am extracting this portion which proclaims the spiritual unity of all Christians which “grabbed me” as being “right” when I was doing early study preceding baptism into a Disciples of Christ congregation:
Stone and Campbell became leaders of the idea that Christians should be able to spiritually unite on a few fundamental ideas. They held that insistence on matters of interpretation, denominationalism, credism, and ecclesiastical tyranny were not in the spirit of Christianity—given the many calls for peace and unity in the New Testament. Personal interpretation of Scripture should not be the basis for judging others or made the basis of Christian communion. Reflecting this noble idea, Stone and Campbell often said in slightly different variations,
< **Let us acknowledge all to be our brethren who believe in the Lord Jesus, repent of their sins, and humbly and honestly obey Him as far as they understand his will and their duty.** >
What a wonderful picture! If we may editorialize, this movement is perhaps the most underappreciated movement, at least in modern church history. These men had a passion for unity as fundamental to the Christian faith. They hailed with enthusiasm the least indications of a growing spirit of forbearance and brotherly love among the different denominations. They saw a spirit of unity among Christians as dethroning sin and Satan and converting the world.