What restrictions do you place on your members in the Church of God?

Diversity, within the scope of the teachings of Jesus Christ, is expected. Conformity in all matters of  doctrine and practice is not the goal of the Church of God for its people. We are mutually committed to God in Christ, to the leadership of the Holy Spirit, and to local, national, and international fellowship with Christians. Some congregations and some individual Christians may tend toward a major  involvement with social causes as an expression of their personal faith. Others may concern  themselves principally with an individual expression of piety and often focus on personal religious lifestyles. There is room for both types of witness and concern.

Our relatedness to each other in the church does not depend on a strict and uniform doctrinal stance but on our commitment to Jesus Christ, bringing his spirit to bear on our personal lives and society. We see our bodies as "temples of the Holy Spirit" and therefore urge abstinence from some specific behaviors such as sexual immorality and the use of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and drugs for pleasure or psychological escape (1 Corinthians 6:15, 19–20).