Featured How will I know which church?

I would look at their statement of faith.

 

there are many baptist churches that are, also many non baptist too!

 

Now why does the "Cheers" Theme Song keep playing in my head? :laugh:

Guess Ive actually known bars & pubs like that....think about it!

 

What is OPX? If you're referring to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, there was none where he lived. He served in an independent Presbyterian church for many years. It was quite conservative and traditional.

When he moved to Western Kentucky, there was no OP church here either. The mainline Presbyterian churches were too liberal for him. He found a home in a Baptist church.

I have been quite fortunate in my Baptist live. Haven't met any wingnuts that I remember. There were a few characters, though, and an occasional old grouch.

Sorry, I don't understand the Osteen reference (not Olsteen). Care to elaborate on what you're talking about?

 

Oldstean, rothstein, Blausteen whatever..... I have great respect for Orthodox Presbyterian & Reformed Baptist Churches because they tend towards good consistent orthodox Christian theology....much more so than the many variations of Baptist Churches....which are ubiquitous in the South. My point is if he were looking for consistency, he should have made those churches the gold standard...not Baptist....that could mean anything. He was probably just looking for entertainment probably & Im sure he got it. :laugh:

 

My brother-in-law was one of the most deadly serious believers I ever knew. If anything, he would have walked away from a church which sought to entertain its members.

He would not have joined just any Baptist church. The one he did join passed his test for devotion to the scriptures and its practice of carrying out the scriptural commands.

Please take care not to make such statements about someone who don't know.

 

I think the only way to really tell a good church from one that isn't, is going to the church in person. Now you can usually can narrow down churches by what's on their website by paying attention to their doctrinal statements, what events they do (shows where they focus their time), looking at their staff and where they might have their theological education from (usually will tell you where their beliefs fall), etc. However, I don't think there's any substitute of going in and being there. I've found there have been churches that from all the research I've done seemed like it'd be a great church... walked in and immediately felt that it was wrong. Does it feel like a waste of time? Yes. Is it? No.