Someone stated that their mother is a member of the church of Christ and believes in certain requirements being met or one is unsaved or not a Christian.
This is not a sign that she is a member of a cult. The word is wrongly used just to insult people with whom some disagree as to what the Bible teaches about salvation and about the church. Just disagree with the lady. Is that too much to ask? Also, labeling entire groups of people because of an individual or personal experience is wrong and can lead to many unfair characterizations and a lifelong, closeminded bias.
No one has a patent on the name "church of Christ". If that is the name on the building, or someone calls themselves that, it does not mean they are a member of a group known as "the Churches of Christ", which has about l.5 million members in the U.S. and quite a few more world wide.
Also, congregations within that group vary somewhat and fairly widely in some cases. They are autonomous and are not ruled by a governing body. Each congregation tries to follow the scriptures and believes the Bible teaches that Christ is head of the church which he built. Elders at the local congregational level, along with deacons, preachers and teachers are how they consign people, and they do this according to what they believe the Bible teaches about it. So there is nobody from an earthly organization who is above the local level telling what they have to do or they won't be "a church of Christ" anymore.
There are other organizations that are often confused with "the churches of Christ". They might have part or all of the name but be very different from that group.
Those who attack {us who believe God decides who will be saved, yet left his word to guide us in what he wants us to do}, are misleading everyone when they claim that "the Church of Christ" say they are the only ones going to be saved. I tell any who care to know the facts that it is the word by which we will be judged and the final word on anyone's salvation will come from God. My Bible tells me that.
At the same time, my Bible says some other things about that which the Lord would have me do. I try to do those and teach the same to others; also where in the Bible they can find those teachings. Funny thing, but my Bible tells me that I should do that, too.
If any disagree with what I show the Bible to teach about something, so be it.
Apology to txsleuth, as it was txroadkill I intended to ping to post #139.