after what i heard at two different churches this morning it's no wonder some christians leave the church and why some christians give the church a bad name.
my saturday night church is a mennonite church. my sunday morning church is a free methodist church but as my grandchildren were going skiing last sunday i didn't go to church in mission. instead i decided to check out a nearby church in abby. while looking at the brochures at the info table at the alliance church i overheard an older woman ask about a camp squeah brochure. looking at the brochure she said "camp squeah, isn't that a mennonite camp?" a gentleman responded yes and she said in what i thought was an indignant voice "what's it doing here?" the gentleman said that maybe people liked variety or in case their camp was full.
i thought about unity how we are all one in the body of Christ and wondered what the teaching was at that church that this woman would speak the way she did.
i was really early for the service and decided to check out another nearby church. the lead pastor said that a pastor from this pentecostal church had crossed the river to mission and started a church service in the local theatre. i have heard great things about this theatre church. however the lead pastor spoke of this theatre church service as "touching a segment of the community that we wouldn't be comfortable with." i could not believe it. 9 people were baptized there there sunday morning. with teaching such as i heard they are going to grow up to be just as hypocritical as the pastor and congregation.
needless to say i won't be going back there.
