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1 | Visit other churches? | Rom 16:16 | charis | 33949 | ||
Dear Saints of the forum, Just curious, but for those among you that are committed members of a local church: How many other churches have you visited in say, the last 5 years? Of those, how many were of different denominations? Someone is going to ask, "Why do you ask?" I'll tell you after I get some answers! :-) In Christ Jesus, charis |
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2 | Visit other churches? | Rom 16:16 | Searcher56 | 33969 | ||
Charis, We are committed members of a local church. We have visited several churches and different denominations in the past 5 years. We moved less than 5 years ago and selected a church ... but, when there was trouble, we looked again. Another reason to visit other churches is that your spiritual gifts can be used better with another church. With the gift of teaching, a church may have many teachers than they need ... and another is in great need. One should be able to move on, if there is only minor differences with the doctrines. S |
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3 | Visit other churches? | Rom 16:16 | charis | 34125 | ||
Dear Searcher, Greetings in Jesus' name! I am always glad to hear the word 'committed!' I don't hear it very often these days. In your last paragraph you stated that "One should be able to move on..." Do you believe that your pastor should be included in this decision-making process? The reason I ask is that I have seen an attitude of: "We" make our decisions for "us" with little or no input from our shepherd. This is a bit scary to me! Let me know what you think about this? In Christ Jesus, charis |
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4 | Visit other churches? | Rom 16:16 | Searcher56 | 34148 | ||
charis, yes. He should be aware of a church in the area that is in need of your gift. The pastors in our area get together once a week for prayer and fellowship. I asked my pastor about this ... he said he'd bring it up. S | ||||||