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It's a hard topic, because the people are really nice, but some of the quirks are a little out there. For one, this church is incredibly white, and incredibly racist. They have no fear over using the word nigger, or explaining things as they are. On the other hand, they also have many issues.

The first one is the constant calls for money. Not a big deal, churches dont run themselves, however, the boasting and bragging is getting a bit much. You should not be proclaiming you need more money when you brag you just hit record breaking highs for charity revenue. This also becomes annoying, because they seem to take on way too many projects outside of the church, instead of the community. The end result is fractured finances all over the place, were helping people in Africa, people in South America, etc. I feel like this may not a big deal, but what about our own homeless? They can just die in a gutter?

The second issue is that the church has admitted to conceding to bring in more converts. This has caused multitude of issues, because the bible says homosexuality is bad. It does not say, its good because a majority outside the church agree it to be so. Same with many issues from fornication to tithing. In their quest to save more people though, they also ignore the existing members, focusing only on membership numbers. I heard about one pastor who shut his church group down because he wasn't happy more people weren't saved, so he pretty much left all the Chrsitian members in the dark, and impulsively shit canned the group.

Maybe im overthinking it

It's a hard topic, because the people are really nice, but some of the quirks are a little out there. For one, this church is incredibly white, and incredibly racist. They have no fear over using the word nigger, or explaining things as they are. On the other hand, they also have many issues. The first one is the constant calls for money. Not a big deal, churches dont run themselves, however, the boasting and bragging is getting a bit much. You should not be proclaiming you need more money when you brag you just hit record breaking highs for charity revenue. This also becomes annoying, because they seem to take on way too many projects outside of the church, instead of the community. The end result is fractured finances all over the place, were helping people in Africa, people in South America, etc. I feel like this may not a big deal, but what about our own homeless? They can just die in a gutter? The second issue is that the church has admitted to conceding to bring in more converts. This has caused multitude of issues, because the bible says homosexuality is bad. It does not say, its good because a majority outside the church agree it to be so. Same with many issues from fornication to tithing. In their quest to save more people though, they also ignore the existing members, focusing only on membership numbers. I heard about one pastor who shut his church group down because he wasn't happy more people weren't saved, so he pretty much left all the Chrsitian members in the dark, and impulsively shit canned the group. Maybe im overthinking it

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proclaiming you need more money when you brag you just hit record breaking highs for charity revenue.

The second issue is that the church has admitted to conceding to bring in more converts.

The end result is fractured finances all over the place

Those red flags are a sign of a lack of focus. I'm sure they mean well, but that church is too focused on filling the pews and good works than on understanding. Good actions are important, but Christianity cares about proper understanding too. Also, an organization ought to its finances in order.

Have you ever told the church leadership your concerns?

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Im still relatively new, so no i didn't. I do ask a lot of questions that are relatively biblical focussed, but i never seem to get back an answer, or they tell me they need to study on the question and get back to me. It wouldn't be so annoying if it wasn't for the fact I'm not exactly asking hard hitting questions, mostly the stuff you would expect from a new convert.

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Definitely an unfocused church.