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000000  No.4203

And I don't like it. Have you guys ever noticed how in some churches people don't really do anything anymore other than show up for church and class and then that's it? That's like 90%+ of the churches right now.

I'm getting tired of this. I don't feel anything anymore when visiting church, and people just disappoint in the purposeful sheepishness of their ways. This has directly affected my behavior, as I have begun to do the same things (such as going with the flow instead of being outspoken or asking difficult questions), and it is rather frustrating. On top of this there is little to no interaction with people outside the church anymore. Why is it that people who claim to be a part of a fellowship don't really keep in contact, hang out, or do anything together outside of church? The church has taken a sterile and 'hands-off' approach, which is mildly disturbing.

There needs to be a fine balance between action and prayer.

It's like the church itself is a zombie bumbling around with little direction other than the steering of the pastor and elders that act as the brain.

You will hear little to no talk about the gays, human rights, politics, laws, the knowledge of the bible, or even Apologetics for that matter…

I haven't had a decent conversation with someone about any of these topics without somehow ruining the mood due to its connotations. It's almost as if people are afraid to speak their minds… And rarely, if ever, have a conversation involving these things that we should be extremely concerned about for the church, since it has already dramatically impacted and damaged many denominations, and ruined countless believers lives.

Do u anons have a community where you feel connected? Even having any resemblance of a good discussion is far fetched even online anymore.

481532  No.4204

My church has none of those problems you listed. There is a small group for everyone. The preacher works through the Bible and teaches on every topic as it arises in scripture. At the end of services, he will on occasion bring our attention to a political situation and ask for prayer (abortion, religious liberty, etc)

All medium sized evangelical (non denom and Southern Baptist) churches I've praticipated in are healthy just like this.


964a49  No.4209

>>4204

From my somewhat limited perspective, I can totally back up that evangelical churches are really good for having a community feel to them. My gf goes to a southern Baptist church and I've been there with her a few times, everyone is super friendly and just genuinely cares about people. Her parents go to some other evangelical type of church and her dad is pretty much the epitome of a Christian man. He keeps his family in line, has a men's group that meets weekly, him and his wife teach Sunday school classes, it's something I never saw as I was growing up catholic. I think that's the one downfall of the catholic church is that it's really easy to attract cultural catholics who want to feel like a part of something bigger without actually doing much on their own, especially with cradle catholics.


728949  No.4277

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Be the change you want to see brother.




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