Church Expectations

[Thoughtful Monk]

I hope you found a better church

Not yet. Probably wrongly of my wife and me but church hunting isn't important right now. My wife seems more afraid of being exposed than me. Anyway she's being very cautious these days. At this point, probably start looking next year once the vaccine is out. Also gives us a chance to see what churches are still standing.

[Thoughtful Monk]

Thanks to everyone who responded. It helped me understand what I'm looking for.

We still really haven't been looking. With Covid resurging in my area, churches are being cut back and are cutting back. This is really looking like a spring activity.

My wife sees one church she would like us to try. I don't think she realizes it's one of the local megachurches. I've learned it best to let her find out for herself.

I've also sniffed at finding a parachurch organization to join. I checked People of Praise but the nearest contact is the next city over. If you can think of other similar groups, please share the name so I can see if they are local. Please don't ask me to start the group. One thing I've learned, I don't have the social skills to do that.

Finally, if you live in a region of the US (or world for that matter) where you have an abundance of Christian ministries available, please give thanks to God. Trust me, desert experiences are important but no fun.

[mikewhitney]

Thanks to everyone who responded. It helped me understand what I'm looking for.

We still really haven't been looking. With Covid resurging in my area, churches are being cut back and are cutting back. This is really looking like a spring activity.

My wife sees one church she would like us to try. I don't think she realizes it's one of the local megachurches. I've learned it best to let her find out for herself.

I've also sniffed at finding a parachurch organization to join. I checked People of Praise but the nearest contact is the next city over. If you can think of other similar groups, please share the name so I can see if they are local. Please don't ask me to start the group. One thing I've learned, I don't have the social skills to do that.

Finally, if you live in a region of the US (or world for that matter) where you have an abundance of Christian ministries available, please give thanks to God. Trust me, desert experiences are important but no fun.

At least one person around here was part of a small group within a megachurch. This is sort of a middle solution. If you find compatible state of Christianity among people, that should be fine. But I'm probably of the sort that I would avoid.

I did go to some gatherings of a megachurch but saw it too weird when the morning's message came as a video instead of a pastor being there. Mind you this was a couple years before the coronavirus fiasco.

[Thoughtful Monk]

At least one person around here was part of a small group within a megachurch. This is sort of a middle solution. If you find compatible state of Christianity among people, that should be fine. But I'm probably of the sort that I would avoid.

I did go to some gatherings of a megachurch but saw it too weird when the morning's message came as a video instead of a pastor being there. Mind you this was a couple years before the coronavirus fiasco.

With any church unless it's really small, I would expect to find my own group (clique if you want) within the church. If we end up going and staying at a megachurch, that's what I'm hoping for.