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Saturday Misadventures

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How many people have you invited to your church in the last three years?

0 — 20.3%
1-3 — 31.2%
3-10 — 26.8%
10+ — 21.7%

For me the number is basically negative. I’ve discouraged people from going to church, or at least from attending any of the churches that I was attending.

My last three churches were UMC, Baptist, and a Non-Denominational Church. Here is a sampling of what I experienced:

  • David and Jonathan were gay lovers
  • Pagan mysticism
  • Zionism
  • On Father’s Day: single mothers are the real Fathers.
  • Complete revamp of the children’s program without talking to any of the parents with children.
  • Replace the popular (male) youth pastor with a (female) associate pastor of social media, who we dubbed the “Facebook Pastor.”
  • On baptismal and communion Sunday, pastor explains that communion is reserved for those who have already been baptized. They then proceed to have the communion service followed by the baptism service. 

Since I have not lived in Lancaster County for a long, long time, I recently tried to find a replacement Mennonite congregation outside the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Well, this is what you get when you find a Mennonite church in the now firmly liberalized MCUSA:

On the previous Sunday, I attended a Reformed church. It was okay.

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  1. professorGBFMtm

    For me the number is basically negative. I’ve discouraged people from going to church, or at least from attending any of the churches that I was attending.

    My last three churches were UMC, Baptist, and a Non-Denominational Church. Here is a sampling of what I experienced:

    David and Jonathan were gay lovers
    Pagan mysticism
    Zionism
    On Father’s Day: single mothers are the real Fathers.
    Complete revamp of the children’s program without talking to any of the parents with children.
    Replace the popular (male) youth pastor with a (female) associate pastor of social media, who we dubbed the “Facebook Pastor.”
    On baptismal and communion Sunday, pastor explains that communion is reserved for those who have already been baptized. They then proceed to have the communion service followed by the baptism service.
    Since I have not lived in Lancaster County for a long, long time, I recently tried to find a replacement Mennonite congregation outside the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Well, this is what you get when you find a Mennonite church in the now firmly liberalized MCUSA:

    Did you ever hear anything similar to this interpretation of John 3:16 from a “Progressive Christian” Pastor named Pastor Sal(like in the following video)?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz_jxb5wmW8
    How a “Progressive Christian” Pastor BUTCHERS John 3:16

    Mike Winger
    886K subscribers

    582,840 views Streamed live on Oct 11, 2021
    If pastor Salvatore represents “Progressive Christianity” then we need to start realizing that this isn’t just another stream of Christian thought, it is a false gospel trying to replace the true one. Jesus is merely being highjacked by some who want to utilize His fame for their unchristian cause.

    I admit, Pastor Sal stunned me a bit with his “Progressive Christianity” reinterpretation of John 3:16, like few pastors ever have.

  2. Lastmod

    Also, “praise” in many churches today is drums, guitars, smoke machines, lighting. A performance. “touching the weeping face of Jesus songs” and praise is taking up most of the service (more than half) in many churches today, esp “non-denominational christian” ones

    From the opening, call to worship, the special performances, the solos during tghe offering (always done by the pastors (cough) virginal teen daughter), the small youth group performance, praise dancers (what the freak?) the standard “praise” and then a response at the end.

    I saw this at the Fuller Seminary about a year ago (the last church service I attended) and this is supposedly a “bold n biblical / we-love-and-follow-jesus-on-everything church)

    The message was about the “woman at the well” and the pastor told us “she was the first REAL christian. She wasnt afraid of her past, she ‘stood up to jesus’ and asked him tough questions! And…she was a WOMAN! What does that say about our faith? It teaches us that its okay to break traditions and roles…..just like jesus!”

    I left at that part. No scene made. Just quietly got up and left.

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