My old church

[missourimary]

Originally Posted by jfrog

How would you rate the number of those 2 kinds of apostolics churches. The ones that do that and the ones that do not. Would you say its 50-50, 60-40, 70-30 or what?

Too many/not enough.

I'm not sure anyone can tell for sure. It's partly a regional thing. So it might be 10/90 in Indianapolis or Dallas, but 90/10 overall in Georgia or Oklahoma. Just throwing out examples. I don't know where it is worst or best in any given locality except my own, and I won't reveal that on an open discussion board. I can tell you that even where it doesn't seem as bad right at first, it can become bad depending on the attitude of the pastor and members at the former church.

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by Sam

I really have no idea.
I'm sure the "exclusive" ones are the minority.

I assume you mean by a large margin?

[Sam]

Originally Posted by jfrog

I assume you mean by a large margin?

I hope so.

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by missourimary

Too many/not enough.

I'm not sure anyone can tell for sure. It's partly a regional thing. So it might be 10/90 in Indianapolis or Dallas, but 90/10 overall in Georgia or Oklahoma. Just throwing out examples. I don't know where it is worst or best in any given locality except my own, and I won't reveal that on an open discussion board. I can tell you that even where it doesn't seem as bad right at first, it can become bad depending on the attitude of the pastor and members at the former church.

Interesting that it could be tied more to region.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by jfrog

Interesting that it could be tied more to region.

Oh, I would think it's has a lot to do with region for sure.

We've heard some pretty wild stories about Oregon and California - the ones about not letting their members even attend birthday parties of family members if they aren't in "their" church. Not letting youth date each other if they are in "certain" other churches.

I believe they are out there, but I believe they are the minority.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

jfrog,

Don't focus on that or it will keep you confused. Focus on YOUR walk with God and how he leads you - in other words, follow after God.

There is nothing wrong with thinking about that and trying to sort it out. When people are pushed to move on before they are ready, they usually end up repeating their mistakes.

[jfrog]

Maybe we need a thread to ask the people that will reveal what state or maybe even general part of the state that they are in what their impressions are on this locally. Might could be the start getting an idea of where these types of church are concentrated at. Maybe with enough data we could eventually find some meaningful coorelations about the kinds of churches and the areas the exist in.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by jfrog

Maybe we need a thread to ask the people that will reveal what state or maybe even general part of the state that they are in what their impressions are on this locally. Might could be the start getting an idea of where these types of church are concentrated at. Maybe with enough data we could eventually find some meaningful coorelations about the kinds of churches and the areas the exist in.

I don't think it's a good idea.

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Oh, I would think it's has a lot to do with region for sure.

We've heard some pretty wild stories about Oregon and California - the ones about not letting their members even attend birthday parties of family members if they aren't in "their" church. Not letting youth date each other if they are in "certain" other churches.

I believe they are out there, but I believe they are the minority.

I don't know if it's standard practice but we in the youth were always encouraged to get the pastors approval on who we date someone and stuff.

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I don't think it's a good idea.

Why not?