[tenn2005]

You make a serious error when you lump the independent Churches of Christ with this group. The Church of Christ in no way resembles the description you give above. You need to check out the facts before painting with such a wide brush.

[muawiyah]

Look, any church group that begins with the Campbell/Stone movement (we are speaking of historical lineage here, not necessarily all the elements of theology, and the subtle nuances of Restorationism), is PART of what I'm talking about.

I can't imagine a Church of Christ (Non-instrumental) that is Not part of this historical lineage. There are, on the other hand, totally different groups that call themselves "Church of Christ".

[muawiyah]

You might also be confounding the expressed purposes of a particular Church of Christ (non-instrumental) with the beliefs of the individual members ~ many people maintain a relationship with a church that's strayed from their own standards simply because of family and historical ties.

Odds are a survey of DoC, independent Christian, and Church of Christ (non-instrumental) congregations will find a surprising commonality of beliefs across a quite predictable spectrum.

I can't say for those other Church of Christ operations that are not "non-instrumental". I've always thought of most of them as pretty much the same as independent Methodist operations ~ we have one in the area with infant baptism, and that's definitely outside what the Christian church does.