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Do you attend the same kind of church now as you did growing up? [214 votes total]

Yes (144) 67%
No (70) 33%




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Posted By: kk

Posted On: 1 day ago
Views: 57
church

I do still go to a very similar church, but on Wednesday nights I go to a non-denominational church for praise & worship. I wish the smaller churches on the East coast would have something every Wednesday night, or other nights, not just during Lent and Advent. I have a stressful job and I need at least two "shots of Jesus" to get me through the week. Daily bible reading helps, but to be with others praising our Lord and Saviour is just icing on the cake.


Posted By: Don the Norski

Posted On: 1 day ago
Views: 68
The church I grew up in

Well, yes.... but you'd never have known it. The roots of the congregation were very pietistic and austere. Sermons were dry and even the adults slept through them. No effort (that I could tell) was made to help people be interested in deeper study in the Word, or to realize the meaning of grace and joy.

The church I've attended the past 15 years is alive! The sermons are challenging and urge the congregation to not stereotype and not live up to stereotypes. The first sermon I heard there was on Article 4 of the Augsburg Confession - Justification by Grace through Faith. I knew I was home!

Incidentally, the church I was baptized and confirmed in is now for sale. They want about $269K, and if I had that to spare, I'd buy it and either open up a church of my own, or a B&B. Silverton OR is becoming quite a draw for tourism.


Posted By: Sharlene

Posted On: 1 day ago
Views: 136
Church

If you mean by "the same kind of church you grew up in," a confessional LCMS church, the answer is yes. But this church is much warmer and friendlier than the church I remember from my childhood. I consider my pastor a friend, and I don't believe my parents ever considered our church pastor as a friend. I think they were just a little bit intimidated by him. I know I was. In my church now, the kids of all ages love the pastor.

I love my church and the people there. Can't say I felt that way about my home church


Posted By: Kay

Posted On: 2 days ago
Views: 162
Church

I didn't belong to any church growing up. I was in one of the Armstrong cults during my teen years and young years. I became a Missouri Synod Lutheran after breaking away from Armstrongism and have been happy there for 14 years!


Posted By: lee

Posted On: 2 days ago
Views: 168
church

I grew up in the Wisconsin Synod. Transferred to the Missouri Synod when I moved west. Have remained in the MS for 56 years do to consostant doctrine.


Posted By: Dan

Posted On: 2 days ago
Views: 173
Church

I was born and raised in the Roman Catholic Church. When I turned Forty three last fall I joined An ELCA Lutheran church. I Feel more at home now more than ever before. I like to think I was a lutheran all my life it just has taken a while to come home. I have learned more and spoken more to my pastor in the last year than I have a catholic priest in 42 Years prior.


Posted By: PhilCollins

Posted On: 2 days ago
Views: 222
Lutheran church groups

I was born in 1967. When I was a kid, I was a member of about five ALC churches. After the merger of 1989, I became a member of an ELCA church, and I was a member of five of them. This year, I joined a Missouri Synod church.


 

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