I am protestant, do I have to only attend a protestant church?

Question

What other churches can I go ?

What other churches can I go to?

I was raised protestant, I have a catholic father and protestant mother. We attended a protestant church when we were little and nothing after that so I can't change that. I have my own relationship with God and I thought that I should seek a church but confused on where. I'm not a practicing protestant so that is why the question was asked.

Answer 1

A Christian can "visit" any church that they want to. As to attending a church regularly, on the one hand you want to find a Christ centered, Bible teaching, Spirit led church. On the other hand you want to seek God in prayer and see if He will lead you to an assembly where He has gifted you to be blessed and a blessing to others as you exercise the spiritual gifts that He has given to you to glorify Him and minister to others.

1 Corinthians 12:7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many.

Answer 2

You will answer that for yourself.

I have been to Roman Catholic funerals and a most other churches that I would not normally subscribe to. One Lutheran ( yeah I know that they're Protestant) church had me so offended by the opening prayer that I knew that wasn't the one for me. I didn't particularly like the priest 'channeling' the prayers of the congregation through himself into a 'Jesus' statue.

In another case, at a Pentecostal church, it was such a sideshow that I never went back there either.

The Roman Catholic's faithing towards the saints and Mary was quite enough for me, along with about 5 or 6 other things that were done there.

So I think that you will find that you may be offended by some of the practices that you see in any given church, Protestant of not.

That's between you and God. I hope that you will find one that you can grow spiritually in. ( :

EDIT: I'm in California. I don't know you. I have no idea what other churches are like where you are. Weigh the matter on the Spirit. It is your relationship beetween you and Him, right? Trust Him to guide you, IF you have faith.

Answer 3

Well, if you stay with in the Christian faith...you can attend the Catholic Church as well...only you cannot receive the Eucharist unless you are Catholic.

But being Protestant...you can go to Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal, Non-denominational, Presbyterian, Penecostal, and all the other various spin-offs of those. There are many!

I'd stay away from anything that does not hold the central beliefs of Christianity. These would be Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witness, Unitarian Church...there are a few more, but I can't think of them.

Answer 4

I am Catholic and I have attended services in an Anglican Church, an Episcopalian Church, a Lutheran Church and a Dutch Reformed Church. I have learned a great deal from attending services other than my own Catholic Church. I firmly believe that that God is present in whatever Church you attend.

Answer 5

Being protestant doesn't mean that you have no free will, therefore you can visit any church you want to.

What matters is, What would you do once you learn other Christian denominations or other religious beliefs?

Personally, I think it is a good idea to learn about the many different beliefs. Learn without prejudice, with open heart and mind. Because things are not always as our religious leaders tell us.

Answer 6

I think attending other churches is something you should do. It gives you an appreciation for how others serve the Lord. Too many people live in their own little world and never venture out of it. You don't have to lose your own faith, it has only strengthened mine while helping me to see what we hold in common.

Answer 7

You seem to believe God too much in terms of religion only. Wherever there is God, I prefer. But I guess protestant is better, for God is living there. God is living, as He always did. Wherever there is the living God. :D

Answer 8

nobody forces you to go to any church. I am a Baptist; therefore, I only go to Baptist churches. If I was a Methodist, i would go to Methodist churches.

Why be a protestant if you are not going to attend a protestant church???? does not make sense to me.

BE WHAT YOU ARE.

Answer 9

Roman Catholicism isn't Christian..... there is in user-friendly terms one genuine Church... The Church of which Jesus The Christ is the top... The Church meets the place ever and every time 2 or extra are accumulated in His call... The Sabbath is The seventh Day. by technique of The Jewish calender... which means from sunset on Friday till sunset on Saturday... this is the Sabbath of The Fourth Commandment.... it particularly is shown by technique of the Roman Catholic writing to boot... The Sunday Sabbath grew to become into instituted by technique of the Roman cult by technique of decree and not from God... The Pope himself can no longer deny this... it particularly is of their history.... the familiar public of Christians do no longer appropriate shop The Sabbath..... there is not any call from God to formally worship on a daily basis... The commandment is to "love The Lord thy God with all thy coronary heart, all thy soul, all thy concepts, and with all thy power".... this is an entire time deal, and dose no longer require formality... in basic terms familiarity... with God

Answer 10

Attend whichever church you like...

The main thing to remember is to discern which teachings are correct....and which aren't actually biblically sound.

The main thing you need to do is:

Worship the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and body...and to keep His commands.

God Bless.