Hi, I'm Amen!. I joined here because I currently have no church to call home. When I did attend a physical church, I didn't participate in fellowship activities because I never felt comfortable there. Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe I'm making excuses for myself, but I believe a church body should make some attempt to make new members feel welcome, comfortable and encourage active participation and growth.
While the church that I previously attended did good things for the community, I believe it's focus was misplaced. They built a bigger, more elaborate, more elegant church so that they could "reach a larger part of the community". I pray the Lord will forgive me if I am mistaken, (if not for my own sake, but for the sake of the other members), but I perceived the church's efforts as less than glorified. So I left to pursue God on my own. I will commit to one of the local churches one day, but in the meantime, I would like to fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ on this forum.
I have many questions that I hope any number of you might be willing to offer answers to. I will try to post them in the appropriate forums. For now, I just want to say thank you for being here and providing this opportunity. Praise God! He has led me here.
Amen!
While the church that I previously attended did good things for the community, I believe it's focus was misplaced. They built a bigger, more elaborate, more elegant church so that they could "reach a larger part of the community". I pray the Lord will forgive me if I am mistaken, (if not for my own sake, but for the sake of the other members), but I perceived the church's efforts as less than glorified. So I left to pursue God on my own. I will commit to one of the local churches one day, but in the meantime, I would like to fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ on this forum.
I have many questions that I hope any number of you might be willing to offer answers to. I will try to post them in the appropriate forums. For now, I just want to say thank you for being here and providing this opportunity. Praise God! He has led me here.
Amen!