Needing church recommendations, Louisville KY area
 

Hi all, we are fairly new to the Louisville KY area. I am wanting to find an Acts 2:38 church where standards aren't a huge emphasis. With Louisville being a city with many churches, I am hoping for suggestions/recommendations to make the church home search easier.
We checked out a PAW church, it was okay, but still searching. Also, I've already been to Believer's Church, not what I'm looking for.

Thanks so much!

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How far are you willing to drive? Besides that any disqualifiers?

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I've driven an hour to get to church before

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You might try this one.
https://greaterfaithchurch.org/

It is a good church.

I grew up in the same church as the pastor of Believers Church...
One of his brothers was a very close friend.
But, the road they are on does not have a good ending.

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Care to explain?

Are they Branhamites?

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Lots of them out there. Broad is the way. You should have no problem finding a church that fits you and your wants.

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You had to be the one

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He didn’t HAVE to be...it just so happened that this time...

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Yeah aegsm76, it wasn't my cup of tea. Something just didn't feel right for me personally, but to each their own.

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Hometown guy, oh geez. Not sure what was meant by the sarcasm. My stipulation is a church has Acts 2:38 truth, no "Hillsongish" music lol, and where I don't feel the shackles of over the top legalism

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...just wanted to add, I am not wanting a debate about standards, legalism, etc , plenty of threads on here to do that-- I'm just asking here to possibly give me some suggestions of where we could go check out. I went to a UPC church for 15+ years. The most recent church I attended before moving was a PAW church with an amazing pastor. They believed in holy lifestyle, some standards, but it was not beat over your head. The women generally wore skirts. Some people wore a small amount of jewelry. At any rate, I liked their approach to those things. They were a sincere bunch with a wonderful pastor. I am hoping to find a church with a similar approach. The last UPC church I went to in CA the pastor was very laid back and did not make an issue of standards. The people there were also very sincere, it wasn't anything goes.

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Why ask for complete strangers to recommend something to a complete stranger? This isn’t like telling a soul to go to XYZ church in XYZ city, state. This is religious person looking for their particular religious get together. Hey, that’s what phone books are for. Why go through the tedious work of telling an expert on what church YOU think will suit that expert? Hey, use Google and search around until you find the seat that fits your seat. Or else start your own church and tell everyone the way it should be done.

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Sounds like a church that a couple people on AFF would love to attend.

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You, too!?

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No. Just a former UPC church that has torn down all of the "legalism" fences. And now on the way to throwing away the doctrine.
As always happens...

Very talented pastor and wife, but they wanted to "reach" more people.
So, the walls of separation were taken down.

It grieves me to think about it.
Lots of good memories around him and his family.

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Would I want to go to a place like the church she described? No sir.

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Did I ask that? No.

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Sorry, thats how I took your previous comment.

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It would be interesting to know what various Churches believe before spending time that could be better spent elsewhere. I say she is doing well to ask what Churches are like. She probably thought someone here might be from Louisville. Simple.

Welcome to the Forum Lily.

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There are LOTS of churches in Louisville, it can be very tedious trying to find a church when there are many to visit. I thought there might be someone out there who could direct us to a place like what I'm trying to describe. PAW is known to be less staunch, I dont think anyone could criticize my very anointed, godly PAW pastor from another town, or the people in that church. They are modest and believe in a Christian lifestyle and in my opinion that is sufficient. In my experience people are less prone to throw stones over stupid stuff that is none of their business anyway when the environment is less conducive to the nit picking.
I am please requesting no snide comments about standards or "what kind of a person actually wants a church like that", etc. There are many threads on AFF I am sure on standards debates, so you can have at it there, please refrain here. If you don't have a legit suggestion there is no need to comment here. Thanks so much.

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Thank you

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The laid back pastor is in SoCal, Orange County. Lots of people who attend look like your typical UPC standards, those who don't don't and you never heard a thing about it. The pastor didn't criticize and browbeat about it, so guess what, the church people didn't either. He is a wonderful pastor. He wasn't a control freak, let's just say that. His general personality temperament didn't lend to it.

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Member since 2016. First post in 2020.

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Seriously? Just don't. I'm not trying to "call the shots".
You do YOU and be happy with your church thing. No need to be a smart alec to others when they just asking for simple suggestions.
Again, the only comments should be "Check out ____ church" .

Thank you so much

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I'm not their judge, that's God's job, but yeah, they've taken it too far for my taste. I have to agree with you on that. I would never say a judgement on them though, because I feel that's a dangerous, presumptious thing to do to God's children. I will just say it wasn't my cup of tea.

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Maybe read your post in our shoes or sandals. Your asking for recommendations on churches in a certain city, that isn’t big on standards. And you give us an example of the previous church you attended. Like Bro. Benincasa said why ask this of complete strangers? Whatever happened to allow the spirit to led me? Have you prayed about which church to go to? You can even google “church's” in your area and go to each church until you find what you desire. Your going to get sarcasm when you post what your trying to find with certain “conditions” attached to it.

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So I shouldn’t have created my thread asking about 2 churches in NW Arkansas?

There are people here from different parts of the country... or have visited all over. It is possible that someone may be familiar with a church in the area as she has described.

Just because what she described isn’t [y]our cup of tea doesn’t mean that she shouldn’t ask.., or that people should respond with snide remarks.

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[QUOTE=Nicodemus1968;1581922]Would I want to go to a place like the church she described? No sir.[/QUOTE

Good for you friend. You have made your clearly spiritual superiority known., when I simply asked for a church suggestion. People have way too much time on their hands. There are many threads on AFF to satiate your need for such comments, just please refrain here.

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Some people have too much time on their hands, with no peace in their hearts so what better outlet than to get on various threads and make snide remarks. Peace to you brother. Move along. Not engaging in it.

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Just because what she described isn’t [y]our cup of tea doesn’t mean that she shouldn’t ask.., or that people should respond with snide remarks

Yes it is! You want to ask for recommendations on what church’s are the best to go to go ahead! I wouldn’t do it, but thats me. Yet, the difference is you asked and there was nothing attached to it. With this post there asking for a recommendation on a church that meets certain criteria’s.

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Nicodemus please move along. Your comments are not needed or useful here. Thank you and Blessings

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Thank you

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Nothing wrong with the questions and points he is bringing up.

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I do believe I have asked more than once that people refrain from their dissensions on this thread. The only posts here should be church suggestions, as the title of the thread states. My thread isn't titled "Let's debate about church choices". It seems to be a sport for some on this forum to basically do what the Bible says not do, and that is to avoid foolish spiritual arguments and discussions. Like I said, I'm not engaging with it. There hasn't been one suggestion ironically. I'm just wanting church suggestions, nothing more nothing less. Please respect my wishes when I ask people not to use my thread. There are other threads to take it to if you have a need to pick a fight so to speak. I'm not interested in that. I stated plain and simple my intent of my thread. Thank you so much for respecting that.

If you aren't familiar with the Louisville area and have a suggestion akin to what I inquired about, please dont post here, thank you.

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I’m sorry but just because you start a thread doesn’t mean you get to make the rules. Maybe a public forum is not the place for you. You should have started a thread that said “ if you are familiar with Louisville are I have a question for you so please PM me”.

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Anyone happen to know any good UC churches in Louisville area?

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I guess wasn’t looking for a church back then.

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Listen, people made suggestion, and then you came back with your opinions on what is legalistic? How your old pastor was so chill, and that standards should be few. So, if you thought that everyone would of ignored the bait, and continue to post their views on what church they thought was good? You kinda leveled that playing field and cut a few of us out. Because frankly I don’t know any PAW type churches well enough to make a suggestion to you. You may of cut down the post numbers by in the title of the thread telling us, that you are looking for a PAW style church, one that doesn’t make a deal about standards. Then sit back and read all the posts with churches for you to visit.

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Ummm, no you're wrong. Read through all the comments on my thread. NOT ONE actual suggestion for a church. So no, people did not make any suggestions. Just people with too much time on their hands to waste their time posting on a thread that doesn't pertain to them because they see it as an opportunity for unnecessary jabs because it makes them feel better about themselves. This forum has hundreds of threads, and people who actually want to debate about this stuff. I have been straightforward in my inquiry. Really concerning that there are those who refuse to respect another person's wishes. Seriously, my personal spirituality and church has no personal connection to anyone's lives except my family, so the need to make unnecessary issue of it is unwarranted. Evang. Benincasa, please stop posting on this thread, I don't care for you dictating to me with a superiority complex. You have an attitude of arguing saying people have made suggestions when no one has even made one suggestion yet, just unsolicited posts like yours. You evidently enjoy this kind of thing though, so I can probably rest assured more comments even when I asked you not to. Any further commenting when I have clearly stated please do not is abusing other members. People don't need to be abusing other people on AFF, but respectful to one another. Go do something useful for God instead of succumbing to the temptation of arguing with a stranger on AFF about something that is of absolutely no consequence to you, when they are just sincerely trying to find a church. I mean, that's just kind of sad and shows someone who likes to be a bully.

If someone tells another person, hey, I need you to please stop doing that, and that person keeps doing it intentionally, that is a form of abuse and harassment. Stop.