I have been attending this church service. As well as other churches in the area. For more than ten years. I have continued to volunteer, tithe, and have been a part of many small groups for a very, very long time. However I have to say that the church was far better off when " Gene Apple" was the pastor. He was focused more on the ministry, instead of the announcements & offerings. Every time I come to church, I hear at least ten announcements, on how to tithe or donate to the church. Which gives a lot less time to talking about the word. Not everyone can come to small groups, due to scheduling or health problems. Therefore more time should be focused on ministry. Dont get me wrong, I think it is wonderful to have programs for the youngsters. However, I do not think it is necessary for this church to spend millions of dollars, on extra seating. As the church is never close to filled, with the exception of Christmas & Easter. And I really think Wi-Fi at the church is not great. I see people on there phones during service times, who are texting their friends over Instagram. Rather than paying attention to the message. Most are not looking up bible verses. The church is suppose to be a place, where people find community & support. Especially on weekend services. It should not be another place, to ignore one another with our electronic devices. Yes, I know about small groups. I am in several. However 99% of the people are not welcoming or supportive. The only teacher, I had in a small group that was helpful was Pastor "Marvin Gant". Moreover, I would much rather see actual bibles placed in the seats. This way people can interact with one another, and read along with scripture. On another note, I think it would be a good idea to help the homeless and less fortunate come to church. Yet I have not seen a program to help bring these folks to the church and the word of God. I am all about helping others. However, how come we have not volunteered for the charity programs in our town? I think it would be awesome to go out into the community and help these folks come to the church and volunteer ( year round) to do what we can in our own community. With all the volunteers, donations and resources we have. I think we could all put our money and resources to better use. And I am not the only one who thinks this way. There are many in the church, who feel this way. We are not against God. We love him and praise him. We just want to make changes and give glory to God. Thank you for listening.God bless you
Agree, felt it when I first walked in and attended the Owners classes. They are all fakers, prude, bigots.
All hiding behind the guise of the Bible and Christianity. They give “plain” looking people judge mental looks, and if you notice, why do all the people have expensive clothes? Why do the churchgoers dress like they are going to a night club and risky type clothing(women mostly). Quite a few Inappropriate clothing attires for family Sunday service.
Not to mention the multitude of ***/*** relationships/couples in the church and staff too.
Bible says love the person not their sins. So letting in a person Jesus has open declared as sinners is just like letting the devil, murderers, rapists into your church, saying it’s ok...we accept and love all sins too.
Your actually insane. I love how your complaining about this church judging you for not wearing nice clothing but in your review your judging people on what they wear.
Also this church is accepting to everyone and it is willing to give people second chances. Also, your overthinking if you believe people are giving you “dirty looks.” No one does that. Also the “type of clothing” people wear shouldn’t matter to you and I don’t know why your making sure a big deal about it. If they “accept everyone” it is expected for people to come in all types of clothing.
It’s probably a good thing that your pathetic, overly-complaining self doesn’t go to this church because I don’t think anyone would want you to go here anyway if your just going to judge the people that go to church there, yourself. @TessaRexxus
I am new at this church 5 months now, I just really would hope that the church would warn all that God is just and condemns all sin and that the devil is real, prepare us for spiritual warfare, not only that God is good, we know that, preach about the tools we need to have victory in Jesus