How to choose a church
- I personally, after having studied the Bible, believe that your best bet is an independent, Bible believing Baptist church. A good Baptist Church will NOT teach traditions, they will teach Bible doctrine. They will not wrongly elevate the Holy Spirit over Jesus Christ.
- Find a church that claims to believe the King James Bible is the perfect Words of the living God.
- Once you're sure they claim to believe the Bible is perfect, make sure they Rightly Divide it.
- In Sunday School, you should NOT be getting little sermonetts from a preacher, you should be learning the MEAT of the Bible from a man who "studies to show himself approved unto God". The Lord desires that we study and grow, not stay at the same level for the rest of our lives.
- Make sure they desire to truly LIVE it. Make sure their Motto is JOY, Jesus, Others, You, rather than BUSINESS, i.e. grow a big church with lots of cash. If you hear about tithing and money more than a couple times a year, run. There are exceptions to this, for instance, the pastor has spent wisely but a trouble maker split the church and they are struggling at the moment to make the bills. If all you hear about is is the new building they need to build or pay for, and tithing is preached like it's the law, then run, don't walk.
- Again, a church is NOT a business. A church is a local body of believers who gather together to worship and praise the Lord, hear preaching and teaching of the word of God, and reach out to a lost world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Any good business man can grow a large "succesful" church. But only a true man of God can step aside and wait on the Lord to provide for their needs, therefore not burdening the people for money, money, and more money. See my page "tithing or offering".
- Make sure the church is not the primary focus of the pastor. Jesus Christ, and Him crucifed should be the primary focus of a church. In these last days, pastors are elevating the church as the primary focus, and out reach ministries are simply ways of building the business i.e. church.
- If your newly saved, read my page "Godly music". A church should have Godly Music, not a rock band. The drug infested perverted lost world has rock bands, the church should be different!