2 major Calif. churches going Back to Sunday Nights

[Pragmatist]

Originally Posted by Carpenter

Well, there are a few things that bother me about this.

One was the fact that several people approached me yesterday with that yearning look to see if I wanted to go to the front to pray through. I will blaze a path through the door if this is what that is about. Sometimes people have a tendency to be hyper-spiritual during these things and common sense is left out on the lawn.

Secondly, the literature made it very very clear that the Pastor was in control of the content, "It is going to be like Pastor _________ is preaching...Pastor controlled content, etc..."

We'll see, I may give it a shot...

I guess it also depends on who else shows up, but I can't imagine your neighbor would encourage such.

As for the pastor controlled content, does he really think people are just going to read the lesson? Wait, don't answer that. I know some that will read it word for word.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Thad

no worship in the morning ??

we have sunday school but still have high church in the morning in fact that's when our choir sings

Back in the day when I was growing up, our church had the choir sing morning and night.

We would have choir rehearsal an hour before sunday night service.

[LadyChocolate]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

Here are some larger churches with online services.

Pentecostals Of Alexandria
The Pentecostal Church (Terry Black in Memphis)

Others are on ABNGlobal, but the feed is unreliable.

thanks.... I've actually been to Terry Black's church. I heard them sing a song and some of the lyrics said, "Now I can go into the holy of holies, I can make my petition known"... I don't remember all the words but it was beautiful! He also has an incredibly beautiful church....WOW!!!

thanks for info!

[Thad]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

Y'all operate like a Black church that is how they all do.

lol lol true. but why not? why do you have to have a dead service in the morning/ why can't you have the best of both worlds?

we have a lot more visitors in the morning.

AND i thought you liked the way they do in the black church ????

[Thad]

Originally Posted by Esther

Back in the day when I was growing up, our church had the choir sing morning and night.

We would have choir rehearsal an hour before sunday night service.

and how is it now ???

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Thad

and how is it now ???

I don't go to that church now. They also had the best orcherstra you could imagine. I really miss that.

Although we have somewhat of an orcherstra, nothing like the church I grew up in.

Where I go now, mornings is usually a Chorale.

They always have great music here.

[CC1]

I spent a lifetime in church one Sunday many years ago when NP Urshan pastoredin Memphis!! LOL!!!

[Pastor Keith]

Originally Posted by Thad

Keith it sounds good on paper but in reality on 4% of the population are leaders. that means 96% are followers. as you know Jesus feed the multitudes but how many became true disciples ??

We know enough leaders to handle and assimilate the 3000 that were converted on the Day of Pentecost.

Jesus never told us to build churches, he told us to make disciples, because we have disobeyed him, we are stuck with a bunch of weak, underdeveloped believers who become dependent upon the system for survival.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Thad

lol lol true. but why not? why do you have to have a dead service in the morning/ why can't you have the best of both worlds?

we have a lot more visitors in the morning.

AND i thought you liked the way they do in the black church ????

My concept is very simple you can't fill up a car going 90 mile an hour down the road you have to stop. We eat in the morning and exercise in the evening.

[CC1]

Originally Posted by keith4him

We know enough did to handle the 3000 that were converted on the Day of Pentecost.

Jesus never told us to build churches, he told us to make disciples, because we have obeyed him, we are stuck with a bunch of weak, underdeveloped believers who become dependent upon the system for survival.

He also didn't tell us not to and the early Christian church had synagogues to worship in. Their pattern of church apparently followed their Jewish structure of religon.

Likewise I don't think building churches is a bad or good thing today. It serves a purpose in certain cultures / societies.

In a closed atheistic society like Communist China churches do not make sense. Out of neccessity an "underground" church meeting in homes, barns,etc and in secrecy is what works for them.