Ahh the good old Church. When other people think of church people think of a scary building full of weird people who lie. When I look at church I look at opportunity, love and grace. However, for me it depends on the type of church. I am not into churches who create there own rules. Some churches believe girls should wear skirts, other churches believe in speaking in tongues. We have churches who believe in confession and sometimes that being a good person get's you to heaven. While we have other churches that believe only a certain number of people go to heaven. Here are my beliefs and what happened when I stepped into a different kind of church. Hillsong is a huge branch. They have churches everywhere in fact one very close to me in New York City. I have been to churches before. Some that were boring, others that made me feel uncomfortable. However, Hillsong is different. When you walk in you feel the love. There are young people everywhere you turn and the volunteers are so nice. The service is even better, The messages are clear. The pastors make the messages to where you can understand them and it is not boring. The singers and the musicians bring a whole life to the church. There are so many great things happening there. Hillsong doesn't care if you have tattoo's, piercings. If you are gay or a lesbian. They don't care if your a drug addict or schizophrenic. They absolutely accept you for who you are. YES God is what makes the church but he also gives people the gifts to run them. A church I have visited before I'm not saying the name has different views then I do and many people that are young my age ( 20) find it very boring. Ask any one I know who have been there they will tell you they fall asleep listening to the pastor speak. There are some old traditions and it is just not for me. I believe church was boring years ago, but I believe it's not meant to be boring now. We are in 2016 experiencing a whole new world we got a lot of evil in it. The only way to get it out is to show people the Gospel. Some churches today are ruining the gospel. Pastors are turning the lectures into classrooms and people in the church are telling Gay people they are going to hell. I don't view life that way and I don't believe that is how a church should be. We have people today that have no desire to sit and listen to a Pastor. However, if we change the way a Pastor speaks, if we make it interesting and introduce more love maybe somebody will actually listen. I'm tired of the same old thing. Every year the world changes, we have to change along with the world. Stick to the same values the Bible speaks about but make church so interesting that somebody can be drunk and still get the message. I believe it's important to change the traditions of the church, to make it new and more bright. I believe it's time we stop judging others based on there choices but to love everybody. I also believe we need to make church more like a gathering and a place of love, then a place of judgement and lectures. Hillsong is doing everything right, they are changing the world. and I'm sure there are other churches that are changing the world as well. Church needs to grow with the people and the world.
I pray and hope all of you find a church out there you love. Bottom line is, if you can understand the pastor and your not falling asleep during the sermon you are where you need to be. It's all about preference. I have formed my beliefs and have attended many churches to find the kind of style I like. You should do the same, if you have been to a church you don't like please realize not all are like that. Every church has there beliefs or things they are accustomed to or have followed for decades. Praying for you always. Any prayer requests you can message me or email me. God bless you.
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