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Reagan, a nominal Catholic, was raised by his mother in the Disciples of Christ denomination. He attended Eureka College which is associated with the Disciples of Christ. The Church of Christ is an offshoot of the Stone-Campbell protestant movement and has the same roots as the Disciples of Christ, as does the United Church of Christ and other independent Christian Churches.

I fail to see how that ties Fred Thompson to racism or sexism.

It doesn't...however, Reagan attended a "church of Christ" in Tampico, IL with his mother. I had the incredible honor of meeting him in the late 80's through a mutual family friend who owned a ranch next his. The friend was a member of the church where my father was the minister (church of Christ), when I was introduced to him and she told him how she knew me, he told me that he was raised in the c o c. It was the most memorable moment of my life.

The Church of Christ churches are stand-alone individual congregations who find direction from the Bible for all beliefs.

Each congregation is directed by the leadership of the elders - men chosen to make the decisions of the church, hire the ministers, handle the direction and beliefs of the church. They are chosen based on the Bible instructions of what kind of men these should be......having only one wife, having raised their own children to be Christians, being soundly based on the Bible teachings. If any in the congregation can show reason a man is not so qualified, they can speak to the existing elders with their doubts.

They believe salvation is from Jesus Christ who died for the sins of man, they follow the direction of "repent and be baptised for the remission of sins and you will receive eternal life". They are Christians no doubt because they are following the same instructions given to the first century Christians.

They are not a cult, not the International Church of Christ (which is indeed a cult) and not part of a United Church of Christ group - as I have been a member all my life and have not become familiar with the United Church of Christ.

They are the Church of Christ and are really non-denominational although society tends to group people into denominations according to their beliefs. But, we get our beliefs from the directions given to the first century christians - not a man evolved creed.

Now, there are many different levels of Churches of Christ. Very conservative, more progressive, more progressive and liberal. But each is a stand-alone church under the direction of the designated elders. The young often want change, want instrumental music, want this - want that which over time causes varying degrees of conservatism, traditionalism, etc.