There are two churches that I regularly attend in my area, both are Church of God (Cleveland, TN)
The one church the women wear slacks, but mostly the teenagers, the older women wear dresses, nobody forces anyone to dress a certain way.
The other church all the women wear dresses, or skirts, and hose under that, alot of the women won't cut their hair, no one wears make-up other than foundation or whatever you call it, and no one wears jewelry, and some don't even wear wedding rings.
But, I don't like it when people criticize these people because I'm one of them, they have good hearts, and no one forces them into a dress and no make-up and jewelry, they do it because they want to, to seperate themselves from the world. In my opinion you should be able to go somewhere and just look at someone and tell if they are christian or not, I'm not saying that I'm right your wrong, it's just our opinion on things, so that's the way we do it. If you don't feel the need to wear a dress to church then don't. But, many of the Pentecostals in MY area, dress like it because they want to. Now, does every Pentecostal in the world want to, no I highly doubt it, but the ones in the church that I attend, do it because they want to.
I walked into a store the other day, and there stood a woman in the check-out line, and all I had to do was look at her, and I could tell she was Pentecostal, because she was the most modestly dressed women there, she had on a skirt, with hose on under that and a shirt with sleeves, and she had on no make-up, and she had long hair, but it was in an up-do type thing, and I could tell she was a christian.
Please don't blast me, like other people have done in the past on here, I'm not forcing my beleifs on anyone, I was just stating my opinion.
P.S Their is scripture in 1 or 2 Timothy supporting the "No Jewelry" thing, and "Modest Appearance"
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