Preferred dress code for church

What is your preferred dress code for church?

  • Looking my Sunday best

    Votes: 10 17.5%
  • Modest clothing or business casual

    Votes: 39 68.4%
  • Completely casual - shorts, flipflops, etc.

    Votes: 8 14.0%

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PoppyB

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Why can't I quote them?

Read 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Hebrews, Ephesians, 1 John and 2 John, 1 Peter and 2 Peter,
if you want them.

Like I said, "clothed in Scripture", lots of Scripture , all in harmony with no contradiction.

Everyone who has read through the Bible has seen them all. (or read them all, perhaps)
Still no specific passage. Ok don't worry about it.
 
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You should look your best. Remembering that this is a marriage ceremony to the Lamb of God. There are scriptures where we get thrown out into darkness for not being dressed appropriately Matthew 22:11-13

And although the scripture is referring to other aspects of religion, it clearly spells out something regarding dress code.

Church services are NOT marriage ceremonies in any way. We worship God, not God and ourselves.
 
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Still no specific passage. Ok don't worry about it.
Rather, I gave you a lot of specific passages, all in context : 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Hebrews, Ephesians, 1 John and 2 John, 1 Peter and 2 Peter,



Should be more than enough.

People living "of the world", carnally, in the flesh, DISOBEY THEM ALL.

Believers living IN CHRIST, walking in the Spirit, OBEY THEM ALL.
 
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I don't see anywhere in the bible where it says we aren't free to wear what we want. Why are we not free to wear what we want. What would you wear if you wore what you wanted? I wear what I want and it's usually something pretty and feminine and modest. And I would wear the same clothes on a Sunday as any other day. I don't understand why wearing what we want is not acceptable.
Well, it is not about ourselves but about God. Don't take it personal, if you think what you wear is the best you can give, that is fine.
 
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Well, it is not about ourselves but about God. Don't take it personal, if you think what you wear is the best you can give, that is fine.
She never posted anything indicating it would be the best she could give. Did she?
 
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I don't see anywhere in the bible where it says we aren't free to wear what we want. Why are we not free to wear what we want. What would you wear if you wore what you wanted? I wear what I want and it's usually something pretty and feminine and modest. And I would wear the same clothes on a Sunday as any other day. I don't understand why wearing what we want is not acceptable.

I gave you specific books in the BIBLE , all individually, and all together, would help teach you that you don't get to wear what you want, and why wearing what you want is not acceptable all the time.
 
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Business formal at the very least.

It takes very little time to prepare that outfit and make the effort to present ourselves well, so why not?

We make more effort than that for an interview in the company of humans so why would you dress casually in the company of god?

I guess it depends what you mean by business formal.

I would think it silly, for example, to insist that women should be in heels, which would probably be considered necessary for "business formal."

What exactly do you mean by communicate disrespect? Would basketball shorts and a t shirt be disrespectful? If so why is it disrespectful? Just curious. Thanks

I think the respect/disrespect thing is entirely context dependent, so there can't be hard and fast rules for every context. But if - for example - in my context, I turned up to church in ripped jeans and so on, that would say clearly to the other people there, "I don't take this seriously and I don't respect it." So if I were to wear jeans, they'd be whole and clean and neat. (That's talking about if I were in the pew. For "up the front" there's a whole different calculus, and let's just say I'm really grateful to be in a tradition which makes that a lot easier by putting its ministers in robes).

And no, as a general comment, I don't think it's enough to just choose to wear "what we want." What we wear has an affect on others and communicates all sorts of messages in our social context, and all of that ought to be taken into account when choosing what we wear.
 
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If people worry what to wear for heathen kings and presidents, then they should wear their best for the King of the Universe.

Jesus said, "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself."

Obviuosly we should not worry about what to wear the next day.
 
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I guess it depends what you mean by business formal.

I would think it silly, for example, to insist that women should be in heels, which would probably be considered necessary for "business formal."



I think the respect/disrespect thing is entirely context dependent, so there can't be hard and fast rules for every context. But if - for example - in my context, I turned up to church in ripped jeans and so on, that would say clearly to the other people there, "I don't take this seriously and I don't respect it." So if I were to wear jeans, they'd be whole and clean and neat. (That's talking about if I were in the pew. For "up the front" there's a whole different calculus, and let's just say I'm really grateful to be in a tradition which makes that a lot easier by putting its ministers in robes).

And no, as a general comment, I don't think it's enough to just choose to wear "what we want." What we wear has an affect on others and communicates all sorts of messages in our social context, and all of that ought to be taken into account when choosing what we wear.
Is this more of a individual thing or do you think anybody who wears ripped jeans to church is communicating they don’t take it seriously? And yeah it’s definitely possible that people may think different or bad of an individual who chooses not to follow the societal standards but should that really matter in the context of how we relate to God? Do you think God is offended by the people who show up in ripped jeans? If so I’m just curious as to why? Do you only think that because of societies standards?
 
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Jesus said, "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself."

Obviuosly we should not worry about what to wear the next day.
Ok, just worry when you wake up.
 
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Is this more of a individual thing or do you think anybody who wears ripped jeans to church is communicating they don’t take it seriously?

I started that paragraph by saying "I think the respect/disrespect thing is entirely context dependent, so there can't be hard and fast rules for every context."

And yeah it’s definitely possible that people may think different or bad of an individual who chooses not to follow the societal standards but should that really matter in the context of how we relate to God?

To a degree, yes, I think it should matter. Like I said, how we dress communicates to others, and how we communicate to others is part of being the body of Christ, something bigger than just ourselves.

Now... that doesn't mean that church should be a microcosm of wider society in every respect, including dress. But I think we should be aware of societal standards and position ourselves intentionally in relation to them.

Do you think God is offended by the people who show up in ripped jeans? If so I’m just curious as to why? Do you only think that because of societies standards?

I think God's attitude is going to be taking in the bigger picture of who that person is and why they chose to wear what they wore. I think there's plenty in all of us that offends God, and sometimes that shows up in how we dress. But we can't just take one thing in isolation - like "ripped jeans" - and say that offends God. It's not that simple.
 
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I'm actually not made of money so it's also financially a pressure for me to keep up with their looks.

Why do you have to do that? Why can’t you be the person you are here? Why can’t you bring the smile and helpful advice you share in this space?
 
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Most ordinary men don't even own suits these days. Men in suits are usually only to be found in business or at the wealthier end of society.

True. Most companies today are going business causal or even casual...including the CEO's.
 
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Why do you have to do that? Why can’t you be the person you are here? Why can’t you bring the smile and helpful advice you share in this space?

Off-line (i.e. in real life) people see my looks before they get to know me, befriend me, and hear my advice. Looks can be an obstacle some social situations.
 
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Off-line (i.e. in real life) people see my looks before they get to know me, befriend me, and hear my advice. Looks can be an obstacle some social situations.

So how do you explain our connection? Dear one, haven’t you realized by now you’re connecting with the same? ~smooch
 
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Just because people are free to wear what they want, why do you suppose it would have to be loose or lascivious? Why would anybody who is in love with Jesus actually want to wear stuff like that?
Why would you question anything anyone else wears if you dont want your attire to be questioned. You want to be free to wear what you want, yet you are looking down on the one who may wear something loose....as if it is known to you the dresscode of one who loves Jesus. You cant have it both ways.... There is either an acceptable way to dress in church or there isnt.

You draw a line at loose and another may draw it at t-shirts and jeans, another shorts. One may say "Why would anybody who is in love with Jesus actually wear Jeans and t-shirts?" What would make them wrong to say this, but you right to when you speak the same sentence, and change the clothing to something you feel unacceptable?
 
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