*Baptism by immersion "for the remission of sins" as a component of the salvation process.
**Churches of Christ do not believe in infant baptism; only persons old enough to understand what is required of salvation can be baptized.
**The belief that baptism is an essential component of salvation has led opponents to accuse adherents of believing in "baptismal regeneration" and rejecting the views of '''[[sola gratia''' ]] and '''[[sola fide''']]; in return adherents believe that faith requires obedience or it is not truly faith at all.
**The phrase "for the remission of sins" does not have a uniform position within Churches of Christ. The majority view is that a baptismal candidate must understand that baptism will remit their sins; as such, any baptism (even by immersion) with any other belief (such as it being symbolic, as what [[Baptist]]s and most other Protestant denominations teach) is not valid and the candidate would have to be rebaptized in the Church of Christ. However, a significant minority view holds that, so long as the candidate had a desire to obey God, it is valid even if the candidate did not completely understand its significance.
*Strongly Armenian in their views on God and salvation, especially their rejection of eternal security <ref>However, there is no consensus on how one could end up lost after being saved.</ref>
**Only adult men may be elders, deacons, or ministers; the group opposes women in these roles.
Churches of Christ support [[Biblical inerrancy]]. They are also [[Dispensationalism|dispensational]], in that they accept the Old Testament as illustrative (and useful for Christians to study) but not authoritative (i.e. the church is guided solely by the New Testament). Furthermore, they do not accept any creeds or doctrinal statements as binding on the church (though they may not necessarily disagree with them).
They are generally [[Amillennialist|amillenial ]] in their views of the end times, and strongly oppose teachings on the Rapture.
They oppose Pentecostal and charismatic practices, believing that the gifts of tongues and healing disappeared when the final canon of Scripture was complete. They do not generally support the direct involvement of the Holy Spirit in Christian life (this comes from Campbell's view that people were convinced by words and ideas; Campbell was a strong debater and that practice continues in Churches of Christ today); however, the direct involvement view (which came from Stone) has gained some influence in recent years.