You know you're Pentecostal when...

[freeatlast]

Originally Posted by Margies3

Honey, we were from a poor old country church. If I remember correctly, one of the ladies went to the local thrift store (meaning "junk shop") and found a whole bolt of that nylon net stuff. That's how our rats got started. We did try pantyhose, but the hairpins stuck better in the nylon net stuff. So we sacrificed. When I think of some of the things we did...........................

I'd been in the AMF church about 6 months. I was maybe 19 or 20. been a Christian less than a year.

When I saw this happen one night.

Pastor calle a woman out. Demanded Sister Mary come down and stand in front of pulpit.

He chastised her for having some ornament in her hair.

He demanded she take her hair down right there, in front of everybody and remove the offending item.

She "obeyed them that had the rule over her" and did as she was told.

I heard from pastors son later, that when he got home, his wife and three daughters, told him that they too and many of the other sister's used them things called "rats" to fix their hair.

To my knowledge he never apologized for his ignorance.

You might be a Pentecostal...when you endure such abuse as this.

Sister Mary disappeard shortly after this incident. God Bless her for that.

[Mrs. LPW]

Originally Posted by brotherjason

You might be an Apostolic if...

Your children want baptized before they reach double digits.

Which is awesome!
Suffer the little children...

[TrmptPraise]

Originally Posted by brotherjason

You might be an Apostolic if...

Your children want baptized before they reach double digits.

Huh? I thought that meant you were Catholic?

[BrotherEastman]

Originally Posted by Rhoni

You know you're Pentecostal when....

1): The amount of money you spend on hairspray exceeds your gas bill.
2): Your pastor announces midweek services EVERY Sunday night, and
Sunday service[s] EVERY Wednesday night.
3): You [or the ladies you know] can swim in a denim skirt and still
have fun.
4): It takes longer to TAKE prayer requests than it does to pray for
them.
5): You run into more than half of the church members on one trip to Wal-Mart.
6): The musicians at your church can tear it up, but non of them can
read sheet music.
7): You have 50 pairs of church shoes.
8): You're adept at stopping runs in stockings with just about anything.
9): You're considered an old maid if you're not married by age 18.
10): Running the aisles and jumping up and down is your exercise.
11): You could be an Olympic kickball player with all the practice
from church functions.
12): A birthday party is a night on the town.
13): Your white choir moves like Kirk Franklin's group.
14): The pastor says, "With this thought I close," more than three
times each service.
15): You have adequate respect for the power of flying hairpins.
16): Your feet have been stomped on at least 3 times during a service.
17): A run in your last pair of stockings is a national disaster.
1: You judge a church service by swollen eyes, rumpled clothes, and
disheveled hair.
19): Your kids know how to eat any crunchy thing quietly and could sleep on a hard bench through a tornado.
20): When shopping for shirts, you always run it through the "Praise
the Lord," test.
21): Sunday and Wednesday mean no cooking or dishes.
22): You can maneuver into a vehicle without messing up your hairdo.
23): Celebrating your 21st birthday doesn't mean much.
24): The employees at Wendys and BYB know you by name.
25): You can always find hairpins on the floor after a good service.
26): You can pronounce, "Habakkuk".
27): Mondays and Thursdays are the hardest days to wake up in the
morning.
2: Your day of rest includes 2 church services, choir practice, and
Golden Corral.
29): The kids you know think shot glasses are for playing communion.
30): Growing up you baptize your cousins and siblings several times in
the swimming pool.
31): Your 2 year-old runs through Wal-Mart shouting, "Praise the Lord!
Eb shamma dabba yamma yabba dooba! *clap *clap* clap* Yes, Lord! Yes,
Lord! Thank You Jesus! Hallelujah!"
32): The only thing longer than your prayer list is the hair of the
ladies you know.

How about; You know your Pentecostal when you have to get out of someone's way before they mow you down during worship service. (Or did someone say this already?)

Try being a pentecostal preacher.It gets scary sometimes. LOL

That is so cute! I love it!

[CoreyJ]

Wow. That also Reminds me of something my little brother does.
Theres a cd we listen to in the car.
In the middle of it the guy starts speaking in tongues.
My baby brother says the tongues then keeps singing with him haha

[missourimary]

You know you're pentecostal if...
A singles conference is for she 12 and up.

A youth convention is for those who are 35 and younger, never married.

There are almost as many instruments at a home missions church as there are people.

You are surprised to learn that not everyone can keep a best or carry a tune.

Morning worship service lasts into the afternoon.

You'll drive 3-4 hours to a fellowship meeting that lasts 2-3, and enjoy every minute.

You could go to walmart after church for fellowship.

Your teen looking for his first job lists cleaning the church, running the sound system, and teaching Sunday school as his previous jobs, and uses his pastor as a reference.

[missourimary]

Safety pins are a normal part of your attire.

You (or your wife) set off the security alarms at the airport by dressing normally.

If you are vacuuming your church you first have to look for hairpins.

[U376977]

You walk on the beach fully clothed, your wife's jean skirt is below her knees, and you still don't feel overdressed!