Up North
Down South
Visiting churches is always
a good way to decide if you are going to be a member of that particular church
or not. I've visited so many churches in the Greater Hartford area. I've been
involved in Children's church, Youth group, Sunday school, etc. and I always
had fun interacting with children when I was in children's church and teenagers
when I was in youth group. The fellowship is awesome and meeting different
people is always a great experience! When you visit churches it's important to
remember that church services is important, this will help you decide to choose
which church is right for you. I must mention this that chances are that you
may have to travel out of state to find a really good word church up North. I
find that the churches that are around me where I live in Bloomfield tend to be
traditional. What I mean by traditional, you have to look a certain way and
some churches take up 3 offerings. My advice is to stay away from churches like
that. The reason I say that is because it's almost like you are felt to
feel condemned for not giving if you are not able to give every offering.
Also, you should be able to go to a church and feel comfortable. I mean men can
wear jeans if they want or women can wear makeup if they want. Any church that
have people wearing dress clothes "dress to impress" is not a church
I feel comfortable being in. The Bible says "come as you are" and
that's how all churches should be. Try not to be involved in a church pass
2 hours. First off, any church that goes beyond 2 hours long, will not
have you under any anointing. Them kind of churches I encourage you to
walk out and never go back and don't look back. If a church service can't
respect people that got to eat, have to take medication, or any emergency that
he or she have to tend to, then that church is not a church you want to be a
part of. The church is designed to do the following: Praise and worship,
offering, preaching the word, prayer, and altar calls for anyone who would like
to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior. What I noticed in quite
a few churches that I've visited is when a pastor of a church or churches
may ask if anyone has a testimony or a praise report. Pay careful
attention to the length of their testimony or praise report. If their
testimony or praise report is anywhere between 3-10 minutes long, then it's
most likely a good testimony or praise report. However, if their testimony or
praise report is 30 minutes or longer, then it's most likely a long winded
testimony or praise report to where people wish that he or she will hurry
up. Having long winded testimonies and trying to impress people, it don't
really impress people. Those are just heads ups on the churches up North that I
am mentioning.
Meanwhile,
churches Down South are the complete opposite. Whenever I visit a church down
South, the people always greet you and are very friendly. By the people tending
to be more hospitable down South, they make you feel right at home when
you visit a church or churches. The church services are timely and they don't
hold service all day long. The longest I've been in a church down South was 2
hours that I can remember but for the most part 1 hour- 1 hour 30 minutes. The
church service consists of the following: Praise and worship, Tithes and
offering, the pastor preaching the word, prayer, and altar calls for anyone who
want to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior. Church flows smoothly
and people usually fellowship with others after service is over. I have nothing
but good things to say about the churches down South. People may ask you if you
want to join and become a member. If you're just visiting, then let them know
that you're from out of state visiting. The people always say, "You're
always welcome here and that you have a church here that you can visit."
The people in the churches down South are always welcoming and they say,
"Thank you for coming and come back again anytime you are in the
area."
It's
not that the people in churches up North are not welcoming. The people in
churches down South is friendlier in how they welcome you than the people in
churches up North. Probably one of the biggest difference with churches up
North and the churches down South, is people go where they are led to go to
church. The people down South have a much better understanding of that
than the people up North do where I'm from. Just because you've been to a
church 5 years or longer does not mean that you are going to stay at that
particular church forever. God call people to minister, even start a church of
their own, and people just have to understand that where I'm from and not
be so envious. It's not good to be envious of anyone when it's God calling
them to do something. Christians need to learn how to be in agreement with
one another and God may even lead him or her back to that church if he
feels led to send them back there.
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