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[tako]

HI VIK, WELCOME You did well to ask about what church, In fact as a christian you must always QUESTION what is being taught to you for your own PROTECTION, The BIBLE teaches MAN HEART IS DEPERATELY WICKED, So you must not TRUST MAN " FULLY" a good amount, but NOT TOTALLY, So as a new christian question everything, and this is a MUST, When someone says, The BIBLE SAYS this or that, And no matter who that PERSON is, Ask him or her, SHOW ME WHERE IT SAYS THAT IN THE BIBLE, And read it for yourself, making sure it's not taken out of context. Now for the churches, NOT ALL CHURCHES ARE GOOD, be wary, they're many CULTS out there, and as a new christian you should know which ones they are. Here are a few for sure, J.W.'S or jehovah witnesses, MORMANS, as nice as they are, UNITARIANS, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, Stay away from these for sure, But don't trust in ME, : Again, Always ASK and CHECK for yourself, It was nice talking to you, Hope this helps.............TAKO

[larryt]

If it hasn't been said already, stick your nose in the bible and keep it there even after you start going to a church. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth, ask Him to. He will. Glad to have met your acquaintance.

LT

[Nero's Fiddle]

Listen to these folks, my precious sister, they know what they are talking about.

When I was saved in October of 2003, I was attending a church that did not preach the Gospel, was unBiblical, and was devoid of saints to the best of my knowledge.

Worthyboards helped me in the fellowship department while I prayed for several months as to where I should begin to attend church.

I tried researching them on the internet, but that can be very misleading. I almost ended up visiting what I later dicovered were unBiblical churches twice.

Finally, God answered my prayers. :il:

I had been making up for my lack of a sound church by reading every book about my Jesus that I could get my hands on. I suddenly began to realize in late December that the majority of the Biblical and edifying books I had been studying were written by Baptist teachers and preachers!

A week after Christmas, I visited a Baptist church. It was wonderful! The sermon was wonderful, the prayers were actually adressed to God, rather than "vain repetitions". The people there were Christians... they loved God and they loved each other.

I prayed about it and decided that I should wait a week or two to make a decision. I attended my old church the next week, as I had to crucifer (ceremonies were a huge thing).

The next week, my aunt's grandmother, who attended a Baptist church, asked my aunt to inform me that her church would be having communion and a baptism, and that I was more than welcome to visit.

I did... I got baptized and became a member of that church shortly thereafter. I have grown more spiritually since then than I would have thought possible. I love the people, I love the fact that the church uses the Bible as their basis for everything, and I love the way the Holy Spirit works so mightily!

I cannot know what God has for you... your going to have to pray and trust Him for that.

However, I can tell you that I have found Independant Baptist churches to be very Biblical and God-honoring as a whole, as well as extremely involved in spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout their areas, and throughout the world.

(Disclaimer- They are called "Independant" for a reason. They must hold a specific doctrine and world view to be called a Baptist church, but occasionally you can find one that is not so good. )

Pray fervently and often, and trust the One who saved you to sustain you. :il:

In the name of the Most High God,

NF

[Adstar]

If it hasn't been said already, stick your nose in the bible and keep it there even after you start going to a church. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth, ask Him to. He will. Glad to have met your acquaintance.

LT

Amen.

Pray to God and get to know Him through His Word. That is the most important thing to you now. The more you know the less likely you are to be deceived in a false church.

All Praise The Ancient Of Days

[Guest Liv4Him2]

Blessings to you Vik and welcome to the family :hug:

My advice to you is to be careful of churches that are KJVO (King James Version Only)believers.

Although I'm sure that they truly Love the Lord, they tend to believe that the KJV is the only correct Word of God.

While I believe that the KJV is a beautiful poetic piece of work, I admit that it can be a little hard to understand especially if you are a new believer. (Unless of course you are well versed in Old English ) I have a KJV and a NAB. I was raised IFB (independant fundamentalist Baptist) and now I am Catholic. I find the poetic language of the KJV easier to memorize, but the NAB easier to understand in modern language

Here is a wonderful site for a new Christian (or any Christian) RBC Ministries that offer online daily devotionals and other helps in your Christian walk.

Peace of Christ to you.

[Guest Kandi]

God Bless you Bereal

A church in a way is like anything else - you have to feel good in it, you sort of need to try it on like a dress or something to see if it is comfortable. You don't have to join a church to go and try it on for size. And you can go more than once without joining. You don't have to join until you know this is the church that fits you the best.

I have a neighbor who was going to her church but she gradually stopped because it didn't suit her. She tried another (mind you in this case it was the same religion, just a different church) and she loves it there and is involved happily like she never was at the other one.

Shop around and I hope you find a comfortable place. God is everywhere.

Bless you :dove

[Guest aggiekat]

Most of the advice I've seen so far is good. Welcome to the fold!

Do read the Bible. DO measure your life and the church you choose against the Bible. I personally like to attend non-denominational churches, often refered to as Bible churches. These churches preach from the Bible and use it as the basis for their functioning. They don't add anything to the Word. I've been to two Calvery Chapels in this city and has appreciated and felt comfortable in both. I'd recommend them highly.

God bless.

Kat

[Guest Be real]

wow. Thank you all so much! I have to wonder though, why can I not attend a J.W.'s church or a mormon church? I haven't heard anything about them being cult in my area. Also, I have heard that a pentacostal church or an Assemblies of God church believes something unbibical and a catholic church is hardcore bible. What do you think?

Thanks again for all of these great responses.

[Guest Liv4Him2]

I have to wonder though, why can I not attend a J.W.'s church or a mormon church?

Be real,

I'm not an expert on this, but I believe it's because they don't believe in the Blessed Trinity which is God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit = Three Divine Persons but only One God.

[WayneB]

wow. Thank you all so much! I have to wonder though, why can I not attend a J.W.'s church or a mormon church? I haven't heard anything about them being cult in my area. Also, I have heard that a pentacostal church or an Assemblies of God church believes something unbibical and a catholic church is hardcore bible. What do you think?

Thanks again for all of these great responses.

I know it can be confusing...and to make it worse, some churches won't always be truthful at first. Before we were born again, my wife studied 2 years with the Jehovah Witnesses until the truth was revealed.

Simply put, the Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses both deny the deity and sovereignty of Jesus Christ, our Lord & Savior. The Roman Catholics lean on universalism, an idea that all people will be saved through the church. The Assemblies of God are actually very sound in doctrine and believe in the complete Gospel of Jesus Christ. Some folks may falsely criticize them because the Assemblies of God are Pentecostal, which means they believe that the Holy Spirit manifests Himself through various GIFTS.

Regardless, Nero