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18th June 2012, 01:56 PM
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Reps: 21,589,278,705,113,912 (power: 21,589,278,705,118) | | Originally Posted by Unix  A bit hard at times, haven't joined as a member in any Church yet. The closest Churches are the "Lutheran" Church (it's not exactly Lutheran anymore after hundreds of years), the Pentecostal Church, a Protestant Church that is not found outside Sweden ( In English - missionskyrkan.se) a new-evangelical reformed Church. I never attend those 3, it's been 19 years since I attended that Pentecostal Church. On a longer distance there's a liberal baptist Church, 3 Catholic Churches, an Anglican Church, a Syrian-Orthodox Church. I've never even once attended a baptist Church, so that should proove that I don't have an interest in them. There's not that much to choose from, considering this is a city with 2 million inhabitants, that's due to that atheism and other religions are prevailing, of course. Although other religions are not that much physically present though.
That sounds like quite a lot of choice! Why not give them a go, you could well be surprised (in a good way) by what you find.
'Don't judge a book by it's cover or label'.
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18th June 2012, 02:31 PM
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I've been attending the Anglican Church a few times the past few years.
Maybe I should try out Missionskyrkan? It is nearby. I won't agree with them theologically on everything, of course, but maybe I would like the convenience and meeting people? Originally Posted by scuba_mikey_pc_2008 That sounds like quite a lot of choice! Why not give them a go, you could well be surprised (in a good way) by what you find. |
18th June 2012, 02:42 PM
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18th June 2012, 02:48 PM
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Reps: 89,842,657,659,099,776 (power: 89,842,657,659,110) | | Those were funny comments! Originally Posted by Robban go to the nearest barn and preach to the cows, you will get lots of big eyes but no one will dissagree. Originally Posted by theFijian |
18th June 2012, 02:56 PM
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As long as they agree on the core truth of the gospel, why can't you have fellowship together?
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18th June 2012, 03:16 PM
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Reps: 89,842,657,659,099,776 (power: 89,842,657,659,110) | | I disagree so much with most Churches, that it can be burdensome to listen to the sermon. The sermon is an important part for me, I want to learn something and here Bible passages preached. Originally Posted by scuba_mikey_pc_2008 As long as they agree on the core truth of the gospel, why can't you have fellowship together? |
18th June 2012, 03:42 PM
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Reps: 193,785,381,170,647,040 (power: 193,785,381,170,653) | | Originally Posted by Unix I disagree so much with most Churches, that it can be burdensome to listen to the sermon. The sermon is an important part for me, I want to learn something and here Bible passages preached.
Have you tried state church?
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18th June 2012, 03:55 PM
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18th June 2012, 04:35 PM
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Reps: 89,842,657,659,099,776 (power: 89,842,657,659,110) | | Really good video! Originally Posted by Robban
Not really, ever. Once I tried it out by being a member very briefly - I quickly cancelled my membership, (had low income so I didn't pay much for the membership, but didn't want to pay for 2 years), I was a member only for some months, I got disappointed mainly because they wouldn't give me any tasks - but now when I've thought about it afterwards perhaps I didn't ask in the right way, I might have got simple tasks like cleaning toilets which is not something I object to do if I'm a member of a Church, however I don't remember anymore what my thoughts were back then, most probably I didn't want to clean toilets so then there was not much left.
There is no state-Church anymore, but of course I know what Church You mean, it's the "Lutheran" one. I have a really hard time agreeing with them on anything, basically I find only 3 positive things: I like hearing choirs or children singing in the "state Church" sometimes - but I've done that extremely rarely - I remember only one occasion during my adulthood and that was recently now during the spring, that they have the Deuterocanonicals in their Bible (although it remains unknown to me how much they use those books since I never listen to their sermons), and that they agree with the Catholic Church on the teaching of Justification. http://www.christianforums.com/t7645280/#post60221623
So, no, can't say it's an option. It's more than just disagreement on Theology. And no this is not a matter of my upbringing. Originally Posted by Robban Have you tried state church?  | | |
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