What denomination are you?

I go to our current church because of my hubby as well. I prefer to be able to attend a different one but I am making due with it. I have about 30 weeks left of our current church and it will be time to look for a new one. Less if you include our 2 months of leave the state.

 

Ditto. God made music available to us, as long as it glorifies God it doesn't matter what it sounds like. After a service once a fellow member complained about a certain song and said it's too fast and rock sounding. He said he didn't like it and that we shouldn't be using that type of music. Then our music pastor asked him "what do you think God didn't like about it?". He shut up right there and never said a word about it since!:lol: It's not about what "we" like, it's about what God likes.

 

God never intended for us to have different denominations, IMO. It's just that there are different interpretations of the Bible, which I think someone just said. Some denominations believe that infant's should be baptized, others do not. The "core" beliefs are all the same (Jesus, salvation, what is right or wrong, etc...for the "most" part), but there are just some things that people see differently. It makes no one denomination more right or wrong, it's just "different". They still all believe in salvation through Jesus Christ, which is what inevitably gets us to Heaven and the center of all Christian denomonations. We are still all intertwined by Him, and that is really the most imrportant thing. God doesn't care what kind of church you go to, as long as it's based on Biblical truths and glorifies Him and Jesus Christ. :love:

On a side note, not everyone gets the same thing out of the same denomination either, or the same church. So, in a way I am glad we have different denominations. I can honestly say my relationship with Him might not be as strong as it is today if I didn't have the type of church I belong to. Everyone is called to a different church/denomination that is right for them, IMO. So...maybe God did intend for us to have different denominations??? Something to think about I suppose.

 

I agree with your first thought, Jen, that God never intended for denominations. Are there any examples of denominations in the bible? The 12 apostles didn't start 12 different denominiations, right? Just thinking. Very interesting.

 

You ladies that attend a church you're not too thrilled with because of your husband, I want to really commend you!!! I have come to recognize this as a proper act of submission to your husband.

When Carl and I were engaged, we attended his church, which I REALLY had trouble with. I would often leave at the very beginning of the music, because I had to quiet my spirit before I could enter. And no, it wasn't an issue of music. It really wasn't something I could put my finger on. But I felt God had told me that, if I expected him to be the spiritual head of our household, I had to be at church with him. I prayed regularly for God to either GET ME OUT OF THERE!!! or for Him to change my heart toward that church. We left right after we were married. Later I learned that, about a year before I came along, God had told him he needed to leave that church, but he chose not to.

 

Thanks Jackie. It is hard but I do want to please my husband. And before this he didnt' go to church at all. I feel that if it is important to him then I gotta suck it up. I pray about it though. Maybe one day he will be led in a different direction but until that day comes I will continue to go where we go. Hey we plan to move in two years so at least then we can go somewhere else.

 

Thanks Ava for the road! No one who "knows" it in my life can ever "pull" it like that. LOL

I agree - we are certainly all called to different churches, and I think there are reasons. SOme of them are obvious, some of them don't occur to us until after the fact (sometimes WAY after), and some we won't know until we get to heaven... if then.

I also see attending a church that your dh wants to even if you don't as a fantastic example of submitting.


Okie doke. That was fun. Just had to toss out my "yep" to a few things in there. LOL

 

I think there has always been different ways of believing and worshipping, so another word might be called denominations...

There is the false worship where God is not honored in the Bible (that still happens today), the Pharisees, the Saduccees (sp?), and I can think of Paul rebuking the Galatians in the first part of the book calling them foolish because they were being so far removed from the gospel, the simplicity that is found in Christ.
The church at Corinth...many troubles there that some may or may not have wanted to attend because of what was happening there.
The church in Thessolonians would be the soul winning church because they were commended for speading the word in their town and in the surrounding cities.

The link that I shared in the thread on sermons was the Sword Of The Lord-those churches are fundemental Bible believing churches that go door to door soul winning. (Most are Baptist, although there is one called the Church of the Open Door in Maryland) They have the bus routes that pick up those who can't drive and souls are saved and baptized and added to the church. It is a good thing.

In the end of anyone's life what matters is what you have done with Jesus. He is either yours or he isn't.
You are His or you aren't

Then next...at some point what you did with your life (our thoughts, our actions or inactions and our words) will count and will be reviewed (if that is the right word) by the Lord. But that is a whole nother thread in itself...

I have enjoyed reading everyone's words!

 

I have to put in my two cents. Just because a church claims to be Christian and says they "believe" in Jesus doesn't mean that they believe in Jesus as say main stream baptist do. I thought that my Grandma's church was just a little off the beaten path but still christian. Well after a little investigation I found out that they deny Christ died on the cross, that he was risen (they say he fell asleep and awoke and walked out of the tomb) and that he was anything other then a prophet of God.

So that said, just look deep into the beliefs of who ever you want to try out before just to keep yourself from falling under Satan's trap of false teachers.

Oh and by the way we are non-denom. We are some of the off the beaten path type of Christians who do not follow main stream a bunch.

I would highly reccomend to anybody searching to find out about the Truth in the bible or about worldviews to check out the Truth Project from Focus on the Family. Dr. Del Tackett has a blog called truth observed that I really like, he is the one who teaches the TRuth Project.

Aggie

 

Excellent point, Aggie. Anyone can say they are Christian. Also the jargon means different things to different religions. Saved is not the same for baptists as say LSD's or JW's. Jesus is not considered to be God's divine son by every "christian" religion. One needs to really get a handle on what a church believes before jumping in. Remember a good lie is 90% truth.

Disclaimer: I am not making any statements about any religion in particular...just pointing out semantic differences which can be significant.

 

The CMA where I grew up remains the only church I have ever really connected to. Sadly, I don't live there anymore. My grandfather was actually one of the founders of that church.


As far as denomination goes, I don't really affiliate with any. I am a "church is where you are gathered together in my name" person.

And I might catch flack, but I might as well be totally open for a minute.. One thing that I have spent the last few years learning about and thinking about is the original text of the Bible. There is a fine line, in my opinion, between seeking the actual words of God and Christ, and getting into a deep mess. Therefore, I seek carefully, and with much prayer; but I seek none the less. I know I made a post somewhere else saying something to the extent of "I am not a Christain, so to speak.. " and this is not entirely accurate. Reading through various posts, I get the idea that you all are referring to Christains as those who have accepted Jesus as their savior. I have certainly done that, many times over, actually. But I do not belong to a "Christain" church, or any other. And without saying anything personally against any church in particular (which of course is not my intention whatsoever), I would have to say that the reason I lack a church is similar to the reason I never pick up my Bible without my Concordance. I think that in the world, there are many details left out at first glance. I do not feel that I can belong to a church until I can say that I agree with what it stands for, how it treats the needy, what it does for community; in essence, what its "heart" is. Besides that, I have gained so much insight and knowledge and perspective from such a broad range of churches, that it's nearly impossible for me to narrow it down to one or the other. I hope this makes sense!

 

I enjoyed your post because my father was a SB minister. He doesn't align with many things you hear, either.

 

I didn't get to read the other post you wrote, but I understand this post. I'm in the same boat... No wait.. you can have your boat and I'll have mine. (winks) LOL.

 

man I don't even know what the thread was now...lol

I will try to find it.. it was another that bordered on controversial...

 

I will PM it to you.. I don't wish to bring it back out of burrial..lol

 

Ok. I don't mind controversy.. and for the record I'm not a tomato thrower. I will say what I think.. but I don't get easily offended or whatnot.. and if I do, I just explain why.

 

lol.. ok.

 

I don't get offended too much either.. just know my views are much much different from many here..lol

 

I kwym. I think that people being unique is the whole point of being human. But I know not everyone shares that idea. Kinda a bummer!

 

Perhaps if more people in churches would do this, there would be less division among the denominations! We all need to seek God through His word, not just blindly accept what ANY one church/denomination/preacher has to say.