I used to go to a Church of Christ in high school, for about a year. No instruments, no makeup. The singing was nice, but not everyone can carry a tune, which blows the harmonies right out of the water.
The real crime was that they never told me about believing Jesus for salvation. It was all about getting water baptized, (dunked of course) acting the right way, going to the right church, bla bla bla. It took me four years and a lot of self inflicted pain to finally get born again.
Now, I go to a non-denominational church, and I'm in the worship band. We play mostly Vineyard type stuff with a hymn thrown in every now and then- and we've been known to throw the entire planned service out the window and just 'waste' the whole time on Jesus instead. It's a blast!
And the women that need to, wear makeup.
Reminds me of some luminary with dark skin who decided to study Christianity, so he visited a Christian church in South Aftrica, and promptly reported that all Christians were racist.
I've never heard of a church of Christ that was so strict, and one so strict would be ostracized by the mainstream. And only in a church with less than twenty members does the musical ability of the individuals have much of an impact.
Besides, we aren't supposed to be there to please ourselves anyway.
Which church was this? Where is it located?