I've Been To Church Today.

[Theland]

Having been disappointed in the past from unbiblical teaching from the Church Of England and a Gospel Hall, my sins have been weighing heavy on me lately, and I felt the need for Christian community.
So, today I attended a local Evangelical church.
I enjoyed it and was made very welcome.
This could be my spiritual home for the future.
Do any of you have any thoughts on Evangelical churches?

[Peter Pedant]

// I wonder if Theland's new found friends go in for speaking in tongues?//

no he relies on AB for that ! haw haw haw

Pentecostals - ten in Manchester to choose from.

[pastafreak]

I hope that Nailit sees that this thread has been reopened so he may ask his questions.

[naomi24]

Theland, //that is a personal gift of the Spirit.//

Or something else?

[Theland]

Too much spirit can make you speak in tongues, or Spanish, or Alcoholish, and make you believe you can not only sing, but that everybody loves you :-)

[andy-hughes]

Theland - // Too much spirit can make you speak in tongues, or Spanish, or Alcoholish, and make you believe you can not only sing, but that everybody loves you :-) //

Humour!

Well, almost ...

[Theland]

Andy, been there, done that, got the tee shirt.
(And the many cuts and bruises, damaged relationships, damaged my own life).
But yes, there is such a funny side to the drunk.

[andy-hughes]

Theland - // (And the many cuts and bruises, damaged relationships, damaged my own life). //

i can smell that familiar smell of burning martyr again ...

[Theland]

No, one of the smells was me crashing my pushbike into a ditch in the roadworks after a few (?) pints in Prices Social Club one night. The smell of freshly dug clay and earth and puddled with rain.

[Mamyalynne]

Trials and tribulations, we've all got some of those to tell - you made it through Theland.

I wouldn't worry if someone else doesn't like the whiff of your past, they may be having a dull day.

[Theland]

Mamya, I've had an eventful life :-)

[nailit]

//Not that I know of, but that is a personal gift of the Spirit//
If speaking gibberish is personal gift i'll pass thanks



Ive been in psychiatric hospitals with more sane patients....

[pastafreak]

Nailit, I thought you had questions you wanted to ask on this thread.

[nailit]

//Nailit, I thought you had questions you wanted to ask on this thread. //
I did.
Cant even remember them now.

[Peter Pedant]

oh my god - videos of people praying in tongues

[nailit]

//oh my god - videos of people praying in tongues//
And?

Where else would you see this in real life apart from church?
What would it mean?

[nailit]

And I mean REAL life!

[nailit]

Someone at the supermarket started coming out with this gibberish, wouldnt you call the emergancy mental health team...or at least 999?

But because it happened in a church????

[Mamyalynne]

Pleased to hear it didn't happen at the church Theland visited.

[nailit]

//Pleased to hear it didn't happen at the church Theland visited//
Well pointed out.
It often does though at these evangelical get-togethers.
Bet it does though..?

[Mamyalynne]

By no means at all such churches.