Deciding what to do with church can be a difficult thing.

I think everyone should sit down and think through what is highly valued and non-negotiable in their relationship with God and how they want to pursue that relationship.

Many people consider church that building they go to every Sunday when we know it is actually all the world wide group of people who have made Christ their Lord.

And when it comes to church, I believe we should all decide how we’re going to connect with people to both influence them and influence ourselves to go forward in the direction we should be heading.

For the most part the American church has been relatively non-effective when it comes to making true disciples especially when you consider all the billions of dollars that are spent on buildings and staff.

Your best option would be to just meet with a few believers in a home.

But if you are choosing to go to the typical building on the weekend, the following is for you.

Here are some questions with an intoductory statement which you might use to see if you have found a “church” you want to support.

I am looking for a church that I can wholeheartedly support and attend. I realize that not all churches will share my passions and also realize that it is unrealistic to be able to visit all the churches within lets say a half hour drive of my home. In order to narrow my list to just those I would consider attending, I am asking these questions:

• What do you do on Sunday morning that goes beyond the typical sing a few songs, shallow meet/greet, and long monologue?
• Do you consider the Sunday monologue as the most important first step in making disciples?
• Does your church make available or would they consider making available, values voter guides (i.e. from Family Research Council or American Family Association) for elections?
• What options do you equip parents with concerning schools and Godly instruction for their children?
• Do you suggest that, if possible, parents should remove their children from the typical public school?
• What parachurch organizations are you involved in and which, if any, do you encourage your people to be involved with?
• What resources do you have or encourage people to use in essential areas such as parenting, marriage, youth, etc?
• Have you hosted any conferences or encouraged your people to attend any (if so which ones)?
• Do you have guest speakers on a regular basis or is the Sunday message primarily just from one person?
• Do you think your pastor is courageous enough to have been one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence?
• Are you engaged in culture so that you do more than more than just preach the word line by line (i.e. Gary Hamrick, Jack Hibbs, Allen Jackson)?