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Believing is the the first step, which it sounds as if you do. Second and most important is excepting Christ as your personal Savior.
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I agree with that. Believing definately is the first step. You cannot follow Christ unless you accept his message.
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This is a simple process asking Christ to come into your heart. Acknowledge to God that you, like everyone else, are a sinner and are not worthy of His Kingdom. Ask God to forgive you of your sins and guide you on you path to Salvation. It really is that simple. The rest will come as all of us Christians study The Word and our Relationship with Christ grows. Just start with the most important first two steps and hang on for the Awesome Ride. 
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This I have a hard time believing. While I do think that we must all accept Christ in our hearts, salvation must come with baptism. And while I am not as adament about this as I used to be, and focus more on the teachings of Christ based on love, grace and spiritual fulfillment and not as much on doctrinal arguments; I do think that the Bible teaches us about the importance of baptism. If it is not for salvation, it is certainly something that cannot be disregarded, that is my concern.
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I too am not big on denominational congregations. I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church with many great Christians and many that were/are more into the Baptist Doctrine than the Word of God. As I say quite abit.... Never put the church before "THE CHURCH"! Currently, I attend an Independent Christian Church, which is very similar to the Church of Christ. That to me is not that important, but I think that Christian Fellowship is very important.
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Well said. I think that instead of Christian churches looking down on eachother, they should have fellowship together in order to understand the similarities between them and NOT the differences. My church used to be notorious for looking down on others that did not believe in what we believe in, to the point where many of our leaders said that anyone that is not in our church is not saved and will go to hell. This is one of the dangers of following a religious organization blindly.