To minister here a preacher must wear suit and tie. The men who lead the service are required to wear a dress shirt and tie.
Whole Hearted, our music department abides by the same rule, for appearance sake. But on Wednesday nights we have class for everyone (in lieu of Sunday-Sunday school), and its casual. The learning isn't any less important or effective just because folks show up in casual clothing.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Whole Hearted, our music department abides by the same rule, for appearance sake. But on Wednesday nights we have class for everyone (in lieu of Sunday-Sunday school), and its casual. The learning isn't any less important or effective just because folks show up in casual clothing.
Never said it was wrong. I know from my great grandparent that some old timers preached in overall, because that was all they had. But as times got better they gave God their best.
It isn't a sin, but here a preacher who is preaching will wear a suit and tie.
Oh Yes! You were told correctly. No matter what people wear they cannot hide what they really are. People ought to look presentable and portray a semblence of what those ministered to expect them to be, for their sakes alone. But liars are still liars, and fighters are still fighters, and too many ministers have never been delivered from the tire-iron wielding spirits they had as sinners. Some will cause division and run crying "innocence" in whatever circle they are in. Time tells all.
If you go back to the last posts I made on this thread, I was replying using the phrases that stood out to me when I read it.
Let me try again-
John The Baptist usually is depicted in Sunday School Books as looking like a caveman. This led to Tarzan. Then we have Jane witnessing to cheetah while Tarzan swoops through. I read the "gold grills" but did not understand the connection.
Sorry you missed my joining in the levity of this thread.
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I am not a member here -Do not PM me please?
Personally I prefer to wear a suit and tie or dress shirt and dress pants to church.
However I don't judge those that don't ,and yes I can get with a preacher who doesn't wear a suit and tie.
I do look we should look presentable in church,whatever we wear.
To me a suit and tie is personal preference.
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
I haven't read the entire thread, so this may have been addressed. A lot of our emphasis upon dress and dressing standards comes from our "other side of the track" mentality.
We are often encouraged to "dress up" to "honor the house of God" but the real motivation is that the pastor and his wife evaluate themselves on how "their" saints look, and the pastor and his wife need to feel good about themselves- so you'd better fall into line!
I was in a church once where the pastor's wife was coaching the people with newer cars to park along the street where they would be more visible to people driving by. Once the pastor greeted one young family as they were driving in, "Anybody hurt in that wreck?" and laughed.
Nobody wants to have to pastor a bunch of hillbillies. Best just to keep your mouth shut and dress up as best you can. Oh, and park that heap around back.
I haven't read the entire thread, so this may have been addressed. A lot of our emphasis upon dress and dressing standards comes from our "other side of the track" mentality.
We are often encouraged to "dress up" to "honor the house of God" but the real motivation is that the pastor and his wife evaluate themselves on how "their" saints look, and the pastor and his wife need to feel good about themselves- so you'd better fall into line!
I was in a church once where the pastor's wife was coaching the people with newer cars to park along the street where they would be more visible to people driving by. Once the pastor greeted one young family as they were driving in, "Anybody hurt in that wreck?" and laughed.
Nobody wants to have to pastor a bunch of hillbillies. Best just to keep your mouth shut and dress up as best you can. Oh, and park that heap around back.
Man, that kind of thing makes me sick.
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Fighting the Devil NOT my brother.
I don't pastor,but if I did I would minister to all whom God would send my way.
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
I haven't read the entire thread, so this may have been addressed. A lot of our emphasis upon dress and dressing standards comes from our "other side of the track" mentality.
We are often encouraged to "dress up" to "honor the house of God" but the real motivation is that the pastor and his wife evaluate themselves on how "their" saints look, and the pastor and his wife need to feel good about themselves- so you'd better fall into line!
I was in a church once where the pastor's wife was coaching the people with newer cars to park along the street where they would be more visible to people driving by. Once the pastor greeted one young family as they were driving in, "Anybody hurt in that wreck?" and laughed.
Nobody wants to have to pastor a bunch of hillbillies. Best just to keep your mouth shut and dress up as best you can. Oh, and park that heap around back.
They'll pay a great price for that.
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Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
NOT my brother.
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