Church Search

[timf]

I used to teach a bible study at a juvenile detention facility. The boys would frequently ask, "What church should I go to?"

It was a hard question to answer. I would tell them that almost any church would take one look at them and ship them off to youth group where they would have pizza and go bowling. They might well ask, "What has this to do with Jesus".

I would suggest that when they visited a church that they should look for anyone who was helping the elderly or otherwise concerned for others. If they could see anyone who clearly demonstrated the love and light of Christ, that it might be a good idea to approach that person and ask them to help teach you how to know Jesus as well as they did.

Another thing to look for is if there is an emphasis on personal bible study. This often can be identified by the widespread use of bible tools like esword, a concordance, The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Vines dictionary, etc.

One question to ask is "Can this church help me to grow to be more like Jesus (Eph 4)?"

 

[Joyous Song]

I used to teach a bible study at a juvenile detention facility. The boys would frequently ask, "What church should I go to?"

It was a hard question to answer. I would tell them that almost any church would take one look at them and ship them off to youth group where they would have pizza and go bowling. They might well ask, "What has this to do with Jesus".

I would suggest that when they visited a church that they should look for anyone who was helping the elderly or otherwise concerned for others. If they could see anyone who clearly demonstrated the love and light of Christ, that it might be a good idea to approach that person and ask them to help teach you how to know Jesus as well as they did.

Another thing to look for is if there is an emphasis on personal bible study. This often can be identified by the widespread use of bible tools like esword, a concordance, The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Vines dictionary, etc.

One question to ask is "Can this church help me to grow to be more like Jesus (Eph 4)?"

Our pastor always says we are to grow into the best version of our Christian self. He also believes teaching prayer is extremely important. Too many stop praying because they do not know how or why.

 

[Tolworth John]

There's a guy in our church involved in prison ministry, when covid permits and apart from the visiting he also tries to find churches willing to have exoffenders attending them.
He or another visitor will if asked, take the ex prisoner to the church and introduce him to the minister.

If you're so minded pray for these guys, when we back slide it's a few extra beers, when they back slide it's drugs and crime to pay for it and often back inside.

 

[1watchman]

It is nice to hear about those who reach out to help young people and older people also, who never had the privilege to learn about our Lord Jesus Christ. As a former youth worker with those young ones and their families in troublesome conditions, I always sought to help them think upon our God and His love for mankind in sending His Son to redeem us and bless us; and thus find a good path forward.