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Our congregation is a local congregation of the churches of Christ, a worldwide fellowship of congregations which maintain unity of organization, doctrine and purpose based solely upon the New Testament authority of Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20; Colossians 3:17). Churches of Christ recognize no central human authority, such as a "mother church," an earthly headquarters, a president of a denominational body, a conference, or a head of the church other than the Lord Jesus Christ. Rather, churches of Christ function locally and autonomously under the leadership of a plurality of elders (Acts 14:23; 20:17, 28; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4. A study of these passages also reveals that the terms elder, bishop, pastor or shepherd, and overseer are used interchangeably). Churches of Christ endeavor to function doctrinally in compliance with the Holy Spirit inspired instructions of the Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles (Colossians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 4:6), seeking to duplicate as much as possible the church that is revealed in and approved by the New Testament. Consequently, the Lord Jesus Christ is recognized as the sole head of the church (Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:13-18), and the New Testament as the code by which He governs His church (Galatians 3:24-25; Hebrews 8:4-13; 9:15-18) and to which His church must be in submission (John 14:15).

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