To Non-Denominational Christians....?

Question

What led you to your belief in Jesus Christ? And were you earlier a member of specific Religion? Why did you choose to attend a Non-Denominational Church?

Answer 1

Well, I have a Lutheran background, we only had a Lutheran church in my little village...and I never questioned anything until my confirmation. My mom is an orthodox, which I did not know until I was a teenager because she did not go to her church. I always thought that she believed in God but she was not too much of a church goer. Just before my confirmation I found out that my mom' s part of the family was not allowed to join in our communion because they were not Lutherans. I was confused, and I said to my minister " I do not think Jesus would like that too much." Guess what, they let everybody to have a communion!

After that I was not interested so much about the religion. I went to church very seldom, but I studied the Bible. Then when I was growing up ...I started to have less and less of a personal relationship with God.
I thought that I was not a "church going kind of girl". When I moved to the USA, I visited some churces once a year...and I felt very strongly that I should go to the church at least on Easter. But I did not..thought about it though.

I started to go to my non denominational church because I had had a lot of invitations to come to check it out...and because that church was a big church, I thought that if I attend that church sometimes...they would not notice if I did not go all the time.

But I got hooked. After the very first worship, I wanted to be part of it. I have not missed many services during these around 7 years I have been involved. When I saw the movie "The Passion of the Christ", I realized that Jesus came here to the earth to free us from religions. He wanted us to have a personal relationship with God. And if there was any other way to the Father's House, He would not let Jesus to be beaten so badly!!! Our church had arrainged some special wievings of that movie...and that was propably the only reason I was able to watch that movie ( I had to cry and look away at the points of very graphic beatings )...I realized that He had to be beaten so bad because of MY SINS. So that I would be ensured that all of my sins are covered under His sacrificial death...all the sins I have done and I do and I will do...And I will get saved only by accepting Him as my Lord and Savior...only by His grace and mercy.

I decided to attend the chuch I am attending now because they keep the Bible as a center of the teaching and they believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of living God, our Lord and Savior . They want to connect us to a life changing realtionship with God. Not to just believe in Him, but to put our faith in Him. To have faith thet Jusus takes care of us...and He does!

I was already a Christian, but I almost missed the whole point. I thought that I can pick and chose what I believe in. You do not have to be a bad person to miss a gift of eternal life. Just wait a little bit longer with your decision, and Satan has won you over. We never know when the time is over. That is why I decided to serve my Lord now, and not the last day...what ever it is...If Jesus was able to kill a Fig tree around two thousand years ago, He can deffinately do it today...to say that "You are done!"

My church is not running a popularity contest. They are not afraid to teach the word of God. That is why belong to my church.

Answer 2

Before going to church (non-denom) I was not part of any specific group. I believed in God, but did not have any background knowledge of the Bible. A friend asked me to attend and over and over I told him no. I was nervous about going. Finally, I decided to go and was overwhelmed by my emotions and by what I was hearing. The pastor was the best biblical teacher I'd ever heard and he really seemed to "get it." He made it easy to understand and connect with. My belief grew with my knowledge of what Jesus had done for everyone. Then, one day, I decided that I wanted to follow only Jesus's teachings. I have been very happy with that choice ever since. I can't say, though, that I haven't been disappointed with other Christians that I have known. Some have made me question whether I made the right choice because of their behavior. I mean, why would I want to belong to a group of people who sometimes are not the nicest or most accepting? I chose a non-denom church because it seemed like the least strict and most accepting group. I am a casual person and most of them could care less how you show up on Sunday. The church I'm at is great and has made me much happier than the first one I attended.

Answer 3

I believe the Holy Spirit did. When I was young, my parents took me to many different churches of different denominations where we didn't feel very welcomed, so they gave up and we stopped going. It wasn't until many years later when I heard the gospel message being preached by a minister on the radio that I decided to to go back to church again. I joined a non-denominational/bible church and really feel the Lord's presence at work there. I worry that some of the denominational churches are more concerned about rituals and human traditions than they are about my salvation and what the Bible(word of God) says about Jesus Christ.

Answer 4

While I always believed in a God, I just one day picked up the bible and began reading it. I liked what I read and it moved my spirit. Because I had been conscious of Religions and how certain ones acted, I decided to read the bible front to back until I understood what I believed in. That way no religion could change me. The non-denom I attend was one of many churches I attended and I kept going their because their beliefs are very close to mine. It would be perfect if the size of the congregation in both churches (we split into two a few years back) would get smaller. Good for God though.

Answer 5

The happiness and joy I witnessed in other believers is why I put my faith and trust in Christ. I now have that same happiness and joy I saw in them! I was not raised in a specific denomination, but after visiting several denominational churches, I chose to remain non-denom because I refuse to follow the doctrinal "spin" so many churches put on the Scriptures. For instance: I once attended a Baptist church as a visitor. 2 days later, the pastor came to the house and asked me and my family to join the church. He then informed me I (and my children) would HAVE to be baptized by him, because our previous baptisms (in a non-denom church) were "invalid". Needless to say, he couldn't back that up with scripture, so he was asked to leave. I do not trust anyone that can't back up a church doctrine with Scripture!

Answer 6

I believed in Jesus Christ because one day in the first grade, someone told me about Christianity and I was intrigued, so I dragged my family to church. From that day on I have been very into God.

I used to go to a Presbyterian church, but we left because there were bad things going on and because the church was not growing.

I didn't really choose to go to a nondenominational church, it just happened that way. It was near my house and they had a good preacher, so why not, I guess?

Answer 7

You know, my mother was a christian for a long time but it wasn't until mid-college that I decided I was a "real" christian. I did some really good pretending before then. There are a lot of people who say they are christian but they aren't. There are also many churches who claim to be christian but they aren't. I figured out that what bothered me with church was all of the rituals being enacted, the dull ho-hum singing, and the prayers being read out of a book. These things seemed to contradict the Bible which only describes a few very simple rituals that were actually service to others, it talked of rejoicing with music, and being careful not to be repetitive with prayers but to pray in earnest and with meaning. That isn't what I see in a lot of churches. I learned for myself that it isn't about a theology, which is what most churches are concerned with, or tradition, which is why many people go to the churches they are with. Religion is just religion and is dictated by man. The intention may be to honor God but it always falls short. Jesus put it simply by preaching to love thy neighbor and, most importantly, believe in him and his sacrafice. It isn't that hard at all. No middle men like priests, no acts like whipping ourselves, and no one to pray to for intervention like saints or angles. For me, non-denominational is all about what the church is meant to be. Simple, enjoyable, and non-divided. In my opinion, the closer you can get to the church descibed in the new testament the better the experience will be.

Answer 8

I wasnt really forced to believe in certain things when i was younger, my mom would always tell me about Jesus and God, and when i got older she gave me her bible and i began to read it. I know that the bible is to be used as a guide line for our lives and i really took the messages that were laid behind the passages to the heart, and i realized that i was happier, knowing that there was someone there always watching and helping me through the hard times in my life. I went to my first non-denominational church when i visited my cousin in california. I was really overpowered by the enviornment that i was in. no one looked down on me for never going to church before and that i didnt know all the rules of the bible or the pasages like the back of my hand. i learned more about the bible and the working of god in those few days that i went then i learned in my whole life. I am so glad that i wasnt forced to a certain religion i was aloud to grow from it.

Answer 9

I was a baptist when I found Jesus Christ.

But I choose to be Christian, and not belong to any particular church, due to the fact that Jesus had little use for the church of his time, and I don't see that very much has changed since that time.

Answer 10

The church is the body of Christ.

Forget religion.

Christ is the path of salvation.
Christ is the truth of God's Word.
Christ is the life eternal.

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Christ is the tree of life.

Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: