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What has been your past experience in local church attendance? Explain the positive and the negative.
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Raised in Catholic Churches, currently attend a local Evangelical church, i volunteer every Saturday at with a local ministry.
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Almost all positive. Grown up going to church, still going with my family now. See it as a vital part of our walk with Jesus.
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I have attended church regularly for all of my life. This has ranged from large mega churches to incredibly small house churches. I currently am plugged in and involved at my church, and am experiencing community through church more than I ever have before. Church can become challenging when people differ on smaller doctrinal issues and politics.
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I have been going to church since I was young. As a child, it was just routine. As an adult, I choose to go so that I can grow closer to God and have a team of believers helping me through each day. It gives me strength, even though I am an introvert and socialization is hard for me.
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“Home” is the first word that comes to mind. I’m fortunate to belong to a family of faithful believers who’s main motivation is to make everyone feel like we’re part of the same family and they receive me and love me just as I am.
Disagreements in the Church hurt more than disagreements in the secular world; I have learnt that while our intentions are certainly better than those in the secular world, we are all still human and we are all still sinners with faults. Being able to discuss disagreements and mend those relationships has increased my spiritual maturity tenfold and I am closer to those than I ever was.