I don't go to church. They don't teach the true Gospel on Hell. They itch the tickling ears.
Or so I've heard.
I like talking to you guys. You have your heads on straight so when I want questions answered, I go to Christ first, and then you guys. Thank you for listening to me. I'm still a baby Christian, I'm still drinking milk.
In same ways I don't blame you for your attitude. Many churches today are more social then gospel. For someone who does not know it is hard to find what you really need. That said church can be and is a necessary function for the believer. We can learn there, we can meet people who will come along side us and mentor us. We can find a brother or sister who has been serving Christ for decades who can help us set aside all the fluff and unnecessary things in our lives, including the unnecessary things in the church, and help us grow. It becomes obvious fairly soon who those people are. They are helping and loving and not always trying to get you into a "ministry". I put that into quotes because many leaders and I disagree on what is ministry. But I won't get into that on this post any more than I have.
In a church, unfortunately but it has been this way since the beginning if you read the New Testament close enough, we learn to deal with conflict which is not bad as telling others about Christ as we witness can be confrontational and we need to learn to stand for Christ, not run from those who reject Him, well unless they are starting to produce weapons, then maybe run. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodists was beaten on more than one occasion for witnessing and for being in opposition to the Church of England.
I would never condemn or think ill of anyone who does not attend a local church but I do think it makes it harder and it is much more difficult to have real online relationships that get to the heart of ourselves. Not just more difficult but impossible. I have many friends in many churches across the nation and around the world. People I have known since I was a mere high school boy who are still serving Christ, many are ministers either as pastors, or teachers, youth leaders, etc. To a person they can recall the effect others have had in their lives along the way who pointed them closer to Christ. Sometimes a small thing like a saying that was passed to them by an older brother. Something like, this is a real example, talking of the Bible, This book will keep you from sin and sin will keep you from this Book. We never know what will impact a person.
I really could not recommend a church, there are many that do practice what we see in the New Testament and more that do not I am afraid. That could be an unfair statement. I would encourage to seek one out and then NOT get discouraged when you get a glimpse of some of the mess. Building people into disciples can be messy, we are messy, and we screw up at times, sometimes very badly.
God bless you, continue to read, continue to question and take any and all advice and comments, especially mine, with a certain degree of critical thinking and contemplation. In the word of my father, You know one time I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken. LOL, a bit of humor there.