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I'm following up on my own comment since I just got a FReepmail from a fellow Conservative asking more about the church of Christ. Since I respect his privacy, I'll not share his name. But I will go ahead and post my reply here since it may be of general interest and fellow member of the church may wish to point out my errors or maybe elaborate further.

In short the church of Christ is a restoration movement, primitive -- in the best sense of the word -- restoring the church to what it was in the time after Christ's resurrection. The motto, not there is actually one, is summed up by "...speak where the Bible speaks, be silent where the Bible is silent..."

If it's not prescribed by the Word of God, it's not in the church. Each congregation is autonomous since there's no manmade hierarchy. That said, I've found it to be very Conservative both in terms of theology as well as politically. The fact that the Robertsons go there tells a lot. Other members that are widely-known include Ken Starr (of the Clinton impeachment, he's become Baptist since he's Baylor's President), Texas Congressman Ted Poe, Aggie Gene Stallings, Astronaut Gus Grissom, Senator Fred Thompson, Amy Grant, Pat Sajack and on a much lighter note, Meatloaf and Wierd Al Yankovic.

On the matter of the Conservative politics, here's a thread I posted a couple years ago:

Bumper stickers and the church of Christ, travels from summer 2008.

Jim -- if any of this is out of line, let me know and I'll understand if it has to be pulled.

That's a pretty good summation of the Church of Christ as I understand it. It also might ring some bells for people to mention that in most congregations, musical instruments are not allowed during services. Growing up, I always thought it was a really strange practice. (The word whackjobs come to mind) Several years ago though, WifeofZeugma started attending a CoC church after moving for a job, because she had a cousin who attended. What was really amazing to me, was the musical program at the church. Yeah, they had no instruments, but they were singing hymns and contemporary Worship tunes in 4 part harmony in a church with 500+ at the service! It was impressive. Both wife and I were in the same choir in high school for years, (wife had musical training in college), so we loved it. It was beautiful and respectful. I enjoyed going to that church a lot.

From a theological point of view we didn't have any issues to speak of. I still don't agree with them basing their decision not to allow instruments on biblical teaching, but given our experiences at the church, I really didn't think they had any need!

As to being a primitive church, that hurch certainly encouraged that type of thinking. "Small groups" were strongly encouraged to meet in homes, much like you'd have found 1st-2nd century churches doing. I can tell you that our small group eventually became a very important part of our life.

Anyway, I'm rambling, and it isn't the point of the thread, so I'll stop now. :-)