I'm glad you've seen the truth of occult deceptions. It's also prevalent in Pentecostal circles, starting with the Azusa Street revival. Many Pentecostals seem unable to distinguish real from false manifestations, hence the gullible embrace of the "Toronto Blessing". I was greatly blessed to be baptised in Holy Spirit on my own. I'd rejected a number of "opportunities" because I was suspicious - and sometimes rightly so. I was a member of a Pentecostal church for 5 years. What I saw put me off for life!
I was more fortunate because my initial involvement with the Pentecostal church was in the late 1960s before all the wacky stuff became mainstream. I may have been fortunate that the churches I was involved with had pastors who were men of prayer and of the Word and did not really align themselves with the mainstream even in those days. But when I relocated to another city in 1970, I joined up with a Charismatic church, and by 1978, I became very disillusioned because of church politics, gossiping, spiritual abuse, and false promises of healing, and a trend away from preaching the true gospel of Christ. It was a church that maintained it was at the cutting edge of what God was doing in that city, and that the other Charismatic churches should come under its banner. Looking back, I see that as arrogance and it is no wonder that the church went through a major division in the early 1980s and ceased to exist.
I then joined an Anglican church, and met a whole group of Anglican charismatics. They were a totally different breed of believers, very loving and welcoming and Christ-centred, and none of the wacky stuff at all. I'd fellowship with a group like that any day!
When I relocated again to do my university and teacher-training, I joined a Baptist church and found that they loved the Lord, and I settled in there, and in another Baptist church where I went for my first teaching job. I found nothing of the arrogance that I experienced with the Charismatic church, and found that the people were just ordinary people who loved the Lord, getting on with their lives.
When I got to Auckland, I joined a Presbyterian church, and became an elder there, and stayed there for 23 years. They accepted me and gave me opportunities to preach the Word, and accepted everything that I said.
Now, that I am in Christchurch, I went along to a union church (Presbyterian/Methodist) and found them very welcoming and Christ-centred. And that is all I want in a church. And I might get some opportunities to preach the Word as well.
So, my foundation is Puritan Reformed and continuist, and it works for me. It means that I can fellowship in a range of different churches and be trans-denominational in my attitude. I think I'm a small church person, because it is more intimate, and better opportunities for making a meaningful contribution to the ministry.
I think that worship is much more than standing for half an hour singing along to a pseudo-professional performance from the stage at the front, which happens in many Charismatic churches. Even fellowshiping over a cup of tea at the end of the service is as much worship as singing the hymns, praying and praising, and hearing the preaching of the Word. Sharing the gospel with the unsaved is worship, sharing a testimony in the service is also worship. Engaging in personal prayer in my own room with just God as company is as much worship as everything else.