{"id":171,"date":"2020-10-14T17:15:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:20:14","slug":"finding-a-church-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/truth-talk.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/the-church\/finding-a-church-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on finding a church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Deciding what to do with church can be a difficult thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when it comes to church, I believe we should all decide how we&#8217;re going to connect with people to both influence them and influence ourselves to go forward in the direction we should be heading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your best option would be to just meet with a few believers in a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you are choosing to go to the typical building on the weekend, the following is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some questions with an intoductory statement which you might use to see if you have found a &#8220;church&#8221; you want to support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What do you do on Sunday morning that goes beyond the typical sing a few songs, shallow meet\/greet, and long monologue?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you consider the Sunday monologue as the most important first step in making disciples?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What options do you equip parents with concerning schools and Godly instruction for their children?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you suggest that, if possible, parents should remove their children from the typical public school?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What parachurch organizations are you involved in and which, if any, do you encourage your people to be involved with?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What resources do you have or encourage people to use in essential areas such as parenting, marriage, youth, etc?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you hosted any conferences or encouraged your people to attend any (if so which ones)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you have guest speakers on a regular basis or is the Sunday message primarily just from one person?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you think your pastor is courageous enough to have been one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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