i remember the dress code.
i was saved in an Apostolic church. it was not written anywhere but they had one.
for women:
NO Pants
Makeup
Earrings
Nail Polish
Seamed Stockings
Open Toe Shoes
Split Skirts
Jogging Suits
Shorts
Jewelry (except wedding rings)
and for the Men: NO Beards.
the plainer you looked, the more saved you were, more saved than everyone else.but when the Bible Way church would come and visit us, they looked down on us because the women wore doiles on their heads and we didn't. oh yes, if you dyed your hair that was a sin also.
and no braids.
i left the Apostolic church years ago. but personally i can wear makeup or not wear it, and it does not matter anymore. i am not under the law of man when it comes to clothes, although i really don't get it when women come to church, showing all what they have. it does not look nice.
what was so bad about all of the dressing issue is that people were still fornicating and doing all kinds of other things, stealing money, shouting at church while being homosexual singing in the choir and cheating on their mates, while dressing according to outward holiness...the babies looked just like them so they could not deny it. and they were the ones judging and condemning others to keep them in line.
if your heart is not right, all that outward appearance is a joke.
don't get me wrong. i love them, i respect them as my brothers and sisters in Christ although most of them probably have condemned me to hell for leaving. but that's OK.
blessings to them all
bithiah2