May Madness: A Bracket for My Search of a Church Home (Miniblog #204)
This is a fascinating post on church searching—something which many Episcopalians in TEC [or out of it now] have undergone. [For a bit of background on this person’s impetus you can surf here and here.]
Setting aside the search for truth [since obviously I’ve already determined my beliefs on theological truth] I certainly use different categories in a congregational search, since I’m Reformed in theology and sacramental in expression. Those two things are very important to me. Another category that I have used is rather subjective and that is “do I wish to hang out with these people and ally myself with them?” That is a significant question and I strongly suspect that many people unconsciously make their congregational choices—all other things being equal—based on that one criterium.
What about you? How do you make determinations about congregational choices?
Setting aside the search for truth [since obviously I’ve already determined my beliefs on theological truth] I certainly use different categories in a congregational search, since I’m Reformed in theology and sacramental in expression. Those two things are very important to me. Another category that I have used is rather subjective and that is “do I wish to hang out with these people and ally myself with them?” That is a significant question and I strongly suspect that many people unconsciously make their congregational choices—all other things being equal—based on that one criterium.
What about you? How do you make determinations about congregational choices?
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