Post by CelesteCranberry on Jul 24, 2022 16:54:28 GMT -6
Hey there!
Firstly I want to say my husband are both somewhat new christians (we were saved as children, went off for a while and came back and developed a stronger faith) and we are somewhat hermit-like as we are both a bit autistic and people's weird politics are overwhelming and uncomfortable for us to deal with. We both love God but many things about this church bother us and I wanted to post to get the opinions of some people who are older and wiser in the Lord than us. What we care about most is things being bible based but the people I've asked around me seem somewhat stumped as the the meaning of that, understandibly so, but also it still leaves me with questions. I'm not posting with the intention of dissing or disrespecting anyone, I just need some help understanding as well as knowing if it's just me/us being weird.
We go to a very contemporary (southern) baptist church where I live in Arizona and we go mostly because my husband's aged grandparents (who we live with) attend. But my husband and I are both having issues tolerating some of the more... I hesitate to say this... "worldly" aspects of this church. The pastor is very young which I don't have a problem with but at the same time it shows in his sermons sometimes, in areas such as his historical facts are sometimes very off which upsets my husband a great deal. (My husband believes that is shows his lack of attention or truth in matters of the bible. The pastor is still in seminary as well which isn't nessesarily a bad thing but it does bother me. The pastor is also very VERY into the SBC and all their missions and related associations which seems... suspitious to me as I would think that being Godly according to the bible would be more exciting that going to a SBC summit to discuss unresolved and very serious misconduct within the organization. (I'm not bashing the Southern Baptist Convention but I've heard some disturbing things about it and it just makes me uncomfortable.)
I also have attended multiple studies and classes in this church and they seem very odd. The ones taught straight from the bible are very nice and I enjoy them. But the women's studies I've attended seem to be choses from the SBC's bookstore (which caters to everyone from Catholics to Baptists and everything in between. Again, I'm not putting anyone down for their denomination but from the Baptist perspective it seems very odd that they would use their own guided material to prove their points with the bible rather than use the bible to prove their points... does that make sense?) and because of that the content seems to be unreviewed and some of the authors seem... questionable.
To be fair, I like hymns and I lean toward mennonite teachings about a lot of things and the modern style is hard to take for both of us. Here is a link to the church's youtube channel so you can see it for yourself. (www.youtube.com/c/ApolloBaptist) I promise I am posting this in good faith and in good will towards the good people who attend and run this church. I just can't ignore what is bothering me about it.
Thank you and God bless!
Firstly I want to say my husband are both somewhat new christians (we were saved as children, went off for a while and came back and developed a stronger faith) and we are somewhat hermit-like as we are both a bit autistic and people's weird politics are overwhelming and uncomfortable for us to deal with. We both love God but many things about this church bother us and I wanted to post to get the opinions of some people who are older and wiser in the Lord than us. What we care about most is things being bible based but the people I've asked around me seem somewhat stumped as the the meaning of that, understandibly so, but also it still leaves me with questions. I'm not posting with the intention of dissing or disrespecting anyone, I just need some help understanding as well as knowing if it's just me/us being weird.
We go to a very contemporary (southern) baptist church where I live in Arizona and we go mostly because my husband's aged grandparents (who we live with) attend. But my husband and I are both having issues tolerating some of the more... I hesitate to say this... "worldly" aspects of this church. The pastor is very young which I don't have a problem with but at the same time it shows in his sermons sometimes, in areas such as his historical facts are sometimes very off which upsets my husband a great deal. (My husband believes that is shows his lack of attention or truth in matters of the bible. The pastor is still in seminary as well which isn't nessesarily a bad thing but it does bother me. The pastor is also very VERY into the SBC and all their missions and related associations which seems... suspitious to me as I would think that being Godly according to the bible would be more exciting that going to a SBC summit to discuss unresolved and very serious misconduct within the organization. (I'm not bashing the Southern Baptist Convention but I've heard some disturbing things about it and it just makes me uncomfortable.)
I also have attended multiple studies and classes in this church and they seem very odd. The ones taught straight from the bible are very nice and I enjoy them. But the women's studies I've attended seem to be choses from the SBC's bookstore (which caters to everyone from Catholics to Baptists and everything in between. Again, I'm not putting anyone down for their denomination but from the Baptist perspective it seems very odd that they would use their own guided material to prove their points with the bible rather than use the bible to prove their points... does that make sense?) and because of that the content seems to be unreviewed and some of the authors seem... questionable.
To be fair, I like hymns and I lean toward mennonite teachings about a lot of things and the modern style is hard to take for both of us. Here is a link to the church's youtube channel so you can see it for yourself. (www.youtube.com/c/ApolloBaptist) I promise I am posting this in good faith and in good will towards the good people who attend and run this church. I just can't ignore what is bothering me about it.
Thank you and God bless!