Want to drop out of Church -

[Guest HIS girl]

'OneLight'

You may be surprised with what the Pastor tells you. You may even bring in some ideas that the pastor has been needing for a long time, like a confirmation. Never jump ship when it is only listing a bit ...

Well we are a small Church anyway - he left a previous denomination because of their appointing gay leaders and refusing to budge from that issue, so he isn't immune to standing up for truth....

Oh trust me - a lot of prayer will go into this...I'm a praying woman.

[Guest HIS girl]

I am feeling more and more inclined to "drop out of "Church" and join a homegroup/homeChurch where we discuss the word of God, eat a meal together, sing together and pray and encourage as well as be accountable to each other -

I am finding I am distancing more and more from the way the Church is "set up" these days. However, my current Pastor is amazing and if he left the "church" and set up a homechurch, I would be there in a shot...I just find regular Church gets too distracted with other stuff....

Hg I reckon you should not leave your current church until you have another Worship/Word eating/Fellowship group to join.

It is better to have regular contact with God's people.

I do like the idea of home Church,but am unsure about how it works and its structure.

Don't worry agua - I would never leave and just hang in limbo.

I have heard the homeChurches are springing up everywhere but I'll have to find out how they are structured - sure wouldn't want any rubbish concerning "leadership" dramas etc....

[Guest HIS girl]

I am feeling more and more inclined to "drop out of "Church" and join a homegroup/homeChurch where we discuss the word of God, eat a meal together, sing together and pray and encourage as well as be accountable to each other -

I am finding I am distancing more and more from the way the Church is "set up" these days. However, my current Pastor is amazing and if he left the "church" and set up a homechurch, I would be there in a shot...I just find regular Church gets too distracted with other stuff....

Hg I reckon you should not leave your current church until you have another Worship/Word eating/Fellowship group to join.

It is better to have regular contact with God's people.

I do like the idea of home Church,but am unsure about how it works and its structure.

Don't worry agua - I would never leave and just hang in limbo.

I have heard the homeChurches are springing up everywhere but I'll have to find out how they are structured - sure wouldn't want any rubbish concerning "leadership" dramas etc....

I don't reckon I'm in limbo...just waiting on the Lord

Oh.. I did not tell you that I left my last church and have not found another yet.

How long ago?

[Guest HIS girl]

How long ago?

Too long.. early December last year I think was the last service I attended.

Time just flies by ya know.

That's not long...

[nebula]

I was without a church for several years. I only recently started going back to one. It's kind of weird how that worked out. But I think there was a timing issue involved (long story).

I know everyone thinks being without a church is dangerous to you faith and stuff like that. But I encountered more danger to my faith being in church. It took me a long time to heal.

Being church-less was for me like going on a long overseas voyage. Similar to a desert-experience, only a different setting, a different type of scarcity I had to rely on the Lord for provision for.

I believe it is possible some of us need to go through such a time of separation - as long as you keep seeking the Lord . . . and aren't developing some weird "revelations" doctrines that's "superior" to everyone else (if you know what I mean!).

[~candice~]

I was without a church for several years. I only recently started going back to one. It's kind of weird how that worked out. But I think there was a timing issue involved (long story).

I know everyone thinks being without a church is dangerous to you faith and stuff like that. But I encountered more danger to my faith being in church. It took me a long time to heal.

Being church-less was for me like going on a long overseas voyage. Similar to a desert-experience, only a different setting, a different type of scarcity I had to rely on the Lord for provision for.

I believe it is possible some of us need to go through such a time of separation - as long as you keep seeking the Lord . . . and aren't developing some weird "revelations" doctrines that's "superior" to everyone else (if you know what I mean!).

I can understand that Neb. Sometimes I have been without a church, I think so that God could teach me to not lean too much on church for feeding but to go to Him and His Word and feed myself. Nothing wrong with getting fed from a sermon but I think I needed that separation to force me to have a deeper more personal relationship with Him.

[Guest HIS girl]

I was without a church for several years. I only recently started going back to one. It's kind of weird how that worked out. But I think there was a timing issue involved (long story).

I know everyone thinks being without a church is dangerous to you faith and stuff like that. But I encountered more danger to my faith being in church. It took me a long time to heal.

Being church-less was for me like going on a long overseas voyage. Similar to a desert-experience, only a different setting, a different type of scarcity I had to rely on the Lord for provision for.

I believe it is possible some of us need to go through such a time of separation - as long as you keep seeking the Lord . . . and aren't developing some weird "revelations" doctrines that's "superior" to everyone else (if you know what I mean!).

Thanks for sharing that Neb, and yes I do know what you mean about the text in red...actually that would be my concern with homeChurch situation, that this kind of thing doesn't pop us as "normal"...

[nebula]

You're welcome!

Keep in mind, though, that even established denoms can go off the deep end. Consider the ones that embraced homosexuality.

And I don't know about where you live, but here there are so many interdenominational churches began as home churches that just kept growing.

[Guest HIS girl]

Where two or more are gathered in Jesus' name, he is there, whether that be in a big building with stained glass windows, or it is in someone's home. I see no problem with home churches.

[gord]

HI- Are Lord Seemed to talk to God the Father where ever He was at. On a hill , In a house, Or on a street.But the gathering of the sons of God is not just to pray. But to uplift one another.We all need to charge and uplift our spirit. God bless.