My wife and discovered a new church in our local area and attended it today.
It was an interesting scenario for both of us due to our history. We both have had trouble trusting churches for a very long time due to previous churches using controlling techniques, like shame and manipulation to try to force us in their mold. In other words, we were church hurt, which is becoming increasingly common as many churches become more insular, political, and inward facing in today’s climate.
We both independently felt led to this church (which was a fun conversation when we finally had that) and going in today was a good experience. The people were genuine and very open to our story and in brief conversations found out that others had similar experiences of church hurt due to intolerant and controlling people who used religion as an excuse to force their ideology on others.
We found an interesting bit of trivia, which is the point of this post. This that the denomination is “disciples of Christ” which turns out our to have a bit of a long history promoting tolerance and people coming to Christ by simply being who they are.
For me, I have had this approach for a couple of decades, of just being me and interfacing with Jesus with the good, bad, and ugly parts of who I am. That time I spent with him has born fruit in that I am a much kinder, more living, and gentler person than I used to be. Jesus will work with your ugly parts and help you become more like he is.
For those of us who are Christians but don’t want to deal with today’s perverted political Christianity, check out this denomination: disciples of Christ and see if you like it.
It worked for me. (At least so far)
. It was God….can you dispute that ?
