Sun Dec 30 15:56:15 PST 2001<\/p>\n
So we attended Community of Christ Church. Improvement over last week. Better worship time (and more of it), not too bad of a ‘New Years’ message, and overall it felt a lot better for mix and things like that. They are a growing church, and are currently starting to look into buying property (currently they are meeting in a fairly nice warehouse). They were planted by Lutherans, but their second pastor is with the Friends, and they are billing themselves as a "community church". Need to be careful, as they don’t appear to have a established discipline and I’m certainly not very comfortable with some of the Lutheran’s recent theological decisions.<\/p>\n
There are some potential downsides. The main pastor’s Lutheran background seemed to show through more than I was initially comfortable with. It wasn’t anything he said exactly, but some details like calling Paul "Saint Paul". And he used a unusual translation "The Message" which I find slightly annoying, since it’s a translation that tries to translate into vernacular. I really prefer an accurate translation even if I have to go look up a word or two every now and then. But I can also see the other side of the coin, where it’s beneficial to some people and some new believers to have a translation that’s easier to read. The other mildly concerning thing is that they didn’t seem to have solid and active midweek Bible studies going, but that may just be because we are still in the holidays.<\/p>\n
We’ll check out another church or two in the area and see if we can find something a bit more to our liking. On the plus side, it’s been a real encouragement to see lots of people at these churches worshiping God and seeking his will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"