Church of Christ demands that their members attend regularly, unless ill or providently hindered.
Well, since attending a Church of Christ, or any other church is optional, I guess they really can’t “demand” anything.
Members of the Church of Christ do strongly encourage regular attendance [what church shouldn't?] and have patterned their modes of worship after the example of the 1st century church as depicted in the New Testament, particularly in the Book of Acts. Here is what the apostle Paul said regarding worshiping together--
Hebrews 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-- and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (NIV version)
I think that depends on which Church of Christ you are dealing with. I’ve dealt with both. Mr. Thompson was invited to speak at an annual fundraising event at the (Church of Christ) private school that my daughter once attended a few years ago. If you know anything else about the Church of Christ, then you’ll understand that he’s most likely a member of the institutional church rather than the ultra-conservative side.