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I do see pride and arrogance, but I feel alone in that opinion. It's seriously like nothing I've ever seen before. At one point, he asked for people to dig out $20 bills, to show how God multiplies. And then had men walk around and gather up this big wad of $20's. I felt disgusted by it.

I'm so torn this morning. After attending church yesterday and hearing how much they've already raised in our small town church, I feel like the problem must lie in me. I'm still just blown away by the pressure that is being applied to everyone in the church, but apparently it's working for...

I would love to hear more about starting a house church. I remember my mother talking about doing that when she and my dad were a young couple. Since our church is the "fun" church in town, we've grown lately with a lot of the mid-thirties crowd. The party-hard-but-still-want-to-do-church...

I actually love this idea, and it's what I've had on my heart for a while now. I don't know what to call it....home church, life group, bible study, or whatever....but I long for genuine community.

My 14 y.o. has pretty much stopped going to youth group, because it's become basically the same as public school. Popularity rules. My 6 y.o. goes to the little kids youth group. My 2 in college went to youth group all throughout middle and high school, and loved it. But it was much...

Yes, this is something that I'm working on. I know I've gotten bitter about some things in my life, and it has definitely seeped into other areas. I've been in a very lonely stage of life for a few years now, and I want to come out on the other side a changed person. But the loneliness has a...

No, I haven't brought it up with him. I haven't gone to one of the meetings, because we are expected to write down a financial commitment, and I'm not ready for that.

Thank you for your experience and that verse.

He had tried selling it, but couldn't. He was desperate, just as he is now, to have a new church. So he asked my husband to buy it. At the time, I was bothered because it isn't something that my husband and I heard from God about, but rather were pressured by our pastor.

The reasons for sticking it out with this church is basically because my husband wants to, and because we live in a small community with not many choices.

There has been a plan drawn up for a new building, but that's all I know.

Thank you! I do need to forgive someone, and it is hard. I guess I hadn't really connected that with my prayer life....which, now that I say it, sounds ridiculous. Thank you for the scripture, as well.

Hmm....maybe so. I'm open to constructive criticism. :)

I am open to trying a new church, but my husband wants to stay. We also live in a very small town, with not many choices.

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Yes, it is. I spoke with him after it happened, and he said that he would speak to the leaders of the camp about it. It continued after that, however.

Let me begin by saying that I consider myself non-denominational, even though the church we attend is Assembly of God (we are not members). Something has bothered me for years, and I am trying to dig deeper into the truth. Every summer my kids would go to church camp, and every summer my...

Hi, I'm new here. I've been attending a church for close to 10 years now, but have felt torn the past year or two because of not really agreeing with many things that are done there. I'm praying for guidance and discernment, but I'm in a period of silence right now, I suppose. Part of me...