Church Talk

[Guest JerriJerry]

I was born into the Catholic religion and was Catholic for 25yrs. I got saved in a Baptist Church.

Wayland Memorial Baptist is the Church I belong to and was saved in.

[tah]

Found that although I liked the sense of worship there I could not agree with their theology..

Quit going to church for about 5 years and then met some nice Charismatic folks and !!! wow did my life change ..

Attended that church for about 30 years .

I still consider myself Charismatic, if I need a name, no matter what church I find myself attending...

Oh My Dear...

What is the first thing to go when you get OLD...

I cannot think of any reason why I would have forgotten this little part of my Christian experience...WOW..

Insert this between the Catholic experience and the Charismatic one..

I met a young man who was choir director at the Presbyterian church and we started dating and we went to that church for a couple of years..

YUP..name is Andy....

[Guest jckduboise]

I was raised Seventh day Adventist

Saved in a Pentecostal church, too crazy for me at the time, joined a Southern Baptist, ended up right in the middle in a Bapticostal church. Abba's House Hixson, TN Love it! It is where I'm s'posed to be!

As a child I attended the Assembly of God church, then my mother's sisters attended the Church of Christ. The Chruch of Christ is where I was baptised. Now the first time I was baptised in this church I was 10 yrs old and was frightened into it by the minister and a bunch of other members who said if I had died right then and there I would burn in hell. My mother was out of town and my sisters and I were staying with our aunt, so we all marched up to the baptismal in fear to get dunked in the tub. You may notice a little sarcasm in my words because that really was what it meant to me at the time and the belief I today is that children are innocent and baptism at a young age is useless because God finds children innocent and blameless. After that baptism I walked around in a lot of guilt all the time because I hadn't changed a bit. I was still the same person, still acted the same, thought the same...and thought for sure that I was doomed to burn in the fiery pits forever because it must not have worked.

Needless to say after I became an age to make my own decisions I did not attend any churches because of the sour taste left in my mouth from my past and the fact that I still though for sure I was a lost soul.

It will be 8 years this summer since I was baptised. It was also in the Church of Christ. I do not attend that church any longer but it is for reasons I could not explain until recently. But I can say that even as a young Christian I knew that the doctrinal beliefs just did not mesh with what the Lord had written on my heart. Today I am a member of a brand new church, it is probably only 6 months to a year in age. It is called Life Changes Church and is held in a little upstairs room in a clean and sober/women's shelter. The minister is a woman who when I first met her I could feel so strongly the Holy Spirit in her that when she reached out her hand to shake mine I stepped up to her, put my arms around her and said with tears in my eyes it is so good to see you. As if we were long lost friends, my soul knew hers.

I attend every Sunday to celebrate the Lord. That is what we do there, we celebrate and have Spirit filled sermons that leave me crying and refreshed as I have never been in any other church or other services. I truly believe that is what attending church should be like. Kind of like when Moses met God on the mountain. When he returned from his meeting he would shine so brite and as the days past the brightness would dim. How refreshing it is for me to attend a place where I am renewed weekly in prayer and ministry that sees me through from Sunday to Sunday.

To me this is what Christ intended for His church congregations.

Jackie

[Marnie]

Evangelical, Full Gospel, Pentecostal Presbyterian. Go figure!

[EricH]

Evangelical Free Church of America

[littlejoe]

The church I now attend and share their worship is Glenside United Church of Christ. All though I share in the worship and support the church wi th money and my time I am not a congreational member.By The Grace of God, Iwas convicted of my sin and of my need of the for Lord Jesus Christ. And so I am a member of the church that meets there. I can share the worship of any church that raises up The Lord Jesus Christ. Love in Christ littlejoe

[Guest okie73139]

I am VERY happy with the church I am at now. I was raised and baptized mormon, my dad is a disciples of christ minister, and I spend several years in adulthood looking for a church I liked. I finally found one about a year ago. It is the church of God, it has contempory worship, and the congregation and pastor seem genuinely concerned for the well being of the people who worship there. We are doing the program of reading the bible in 90 days and I am truly enjoying it. My church is not too big or too small, but just right. Shortly after my youngest was born, we had not been going there for very long, he had to have surgery. I was very impressed with the outpouring of love and concern for not only me, but for my son as well. I think I will be with this church for quite some time. GOOD question though.

[Guest GOD LIVES_LYNDAL]

the church i go to is bendigo AOG

and also Eaglehawk Christian Life Centre

both churches are really cool

i have plenty of godly friends

and i love god

Edited April 22, 2006 by GOD LIVES_LYNDAL

[Can Do (Phil 4:13)]

the church i go to is bendigo AOG

and also Eaglehawk Christian Life Centre

both churches are really cool

i have plenty of godly friends

and i love god

Another AUSSIE!!! Great to meet you sis! I'm in the GORGEOUS Whitsunday Islands Hey Lyndal....Aussie, Aussie, Aussie???????????

Faithie

[hebrews_beauty]

I go to a Church of God (Anderson). Website is: www.chog.org

I love my church very much. I jumped from church to church until I found this one. I'm a Sunday school teacher of preschool & kindergarden crowd. Very happy to be there.