institutional church vs. original Christianity
09-19-2006, 04:45 PM
For a long time I belonged to various Anglican churches and found the tight, traditional services very constraining. There was a "Common Book of Prayer" with every service form laid out and adhered to as it has been since the early 16th century! Maybe even before! One recited the same prayers at the same point, week after week after week. True, they are beautiful prayers and very meaningful. The Confession, the Nicene Creed, the Lord's Prayer; no-one would claim them to be anything other than wonderful expressions of faith. Yet I found it stultifying to repeat them week after week without variation.
Sad thing is, having now been in AoG for over 6 years, I miss them! But not enough to swap them for the free-wheeling worship and praise of a good ol' Pentecostal meeting!
BTW - what's all that about not liking new people?! We have loads of new folk every week and love to see new faces. New fruit for the Kingdom - yay!! :twirl: :piano: hofar: :disco: :rimshot: :crossflag:
Sad thing is, having now been in AoG for over 6 years, I miss them! But not enough to swap them for the free-wheeling worship and praise of a good ol' Pentecostal meeting!
BTW - what's all that about not liking new people?! We have loads of new folk every week and love to see new faces. New fruit for the Kingdom - yay!! :twirl: :piano: hofar: :disco: :rimshot: :crossflag:
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