We seem to be in the minority among homeschoolers, as we are liberal/progressive Christians with the United Church of Christ, a denomination that I deeply love and has helped my faith grow in ways I never imagined. I have only found one or two other homeschoolers who are UCC despite my best efforts! We must be an anomaly
You may be in the minority here in the US but probably not worldwide. Outside the US, most Christians are what we might call liberal and progressive - especially in their politics. Anomaly is in the eye of the beholder.
Thanks Steve! Wish I could connect with other Christian homeschoolers who share a similar perspective as we do instead of feeling like a very oddball outsider!
My parents think I'm in a cult - only half joking. I grew up with an Easter/Christmas only Catholic Father and a Lutheran mother who never went to services but volunteered at every funeral and still does. Since they couldn't agree how to raise us kids, we were left to fend for ourselves. I attended Sunday Schools anywhere the neighbors took us, VBS at the local Mennonite Church, and gave my life to Jesus at AWANA's at a Baptist church. I went to college at an all women's Catholic College, but found a small group of friends to do a weekly Bible study with. I was hired to teach at a non-demonational Christian school that was located in an CMA church, so I attended there for two years. When I got married, my dh asked me to start attending his Baptist church and I loved it, so stayed there till we moved five years ago. Is your head spinning yet? Now I and the children attend an Evangelical Free church. We are involved in numerous activities and couldn't be more pleased. God has definitely lead us here. Best of all - over half of the families are homeschoolers! But bottom line, when somone asks what religion/denomonation I am I always answer, "Jesus is my Lord and Savior".
I'm Southern Baptist. Now let me say I am Southern Baptist through and through LOL I wasn't raised to be Southern Baptist-I choose it as an adult after studying the Bible and studying the SBC Faith and Message - I believe they got it right. They see things they way I see things. That being said-I'll attend most any protestant church. My hubby & I have attended churches of other denominations, without any real issue. But, my first choice is SBC. I don't think heaven is going to be filled with people of only one denomination
I was raised southern baptist but I am now Roman Catholic. My DH is traditional baptist, but doesn't attend church regularly. He's been a member of his church since he was 8 years old, whereas I bounced around quite a bit. My parents didn't attend church, they just dressed us up and put us on the church bus every Sunday. I joined my husband's church shortly after we started dating, and our oldest two were baptized there. I felt extremely ansy and I felt like I wasn't growing in the church...it is extremely cliquish and it was more like going to a fashion show every Sunday instead of glorifying God in praise. I left his church to find my own, and researched many different denominations. I came home to catholicism. I have fell in love with Jesus, and I love the doctrine. I surprised to learn that most of my husband's family have been wanting to leave his church as well, but won't because it's all they know. Because of my conversion, my mom is now catholic and is attending mass and holy days of obligation. We are raising our kids catholic, and they love it. They especially love learning more about Jesus and the saints. My oldest daughter wants to be a nun, and my baptist hubby couldn't be happier, lol!!!
Yep. It was quite an eye opener when I started exploring homeschooling online. Around here I'm a pretty average Christian. For instance, Christians who are creationists would be a small minority here in Nova Scotia. Most have no issue with evolution. I never realized there were still Christians who looked at the Bible literally until I started looking at homeschooling curriculum. Most Christians around here are Anglican, RC or United (a liberal church that has it's roots in methodism) so aren't even sola scriptura.
When I was really young, my father took us to a spiritually dead Presbetirian church. When I was in my teens, and I lived with my mother and step-father, we went to an Assemblies of God church. After I moved away, I didn't go to church for a while, but my husband and I started going again when we lived in Japan. We found an independent Baptist church that operated off-base, and we absolutely loved it. It was very much a conservative church - the women wore skirts, the men wore ties (at church, when serving in a ministry capacity at least, most of us didn't wear skirts all the time.) Now, back in the states, we attend a Baptist church. There are some things that I don't agree with, but for the most part, we do. To be honest, I wish there weren't so many different denominations. I think we end up confusing not only people in the secular world, but many other Christians as well, when we insist on segregating everyone.
I was raised Catholic by my father. My mom was Presbyterian. My dh's daddy is a inde, funde, Baptist preacher. We have visited most varities of conservative Baptist churches. We now attend an interdemoninational church- because it's the only non- Catholic church in the country that speaks Englsh!
We attend a nondenominational church. (called Crosswater) We meet at the High School Commons. This is the first and only church DH and I have agreed on in our marriage.
