Were you expected to go to church as a child?

Answer 1

yes and i liked it

Answer 2

Yes, every time the church doors were open, my mother , father and I were there. I really didn't care for church as a child, and at age 12 I was baptized(Baptist Church) Even then I was not a born again Christian. This did not happen until 1976. My life up until that time was a sham. I was into most things evil. I was still in church, however, not having missed many Sundays or Wednesdays during all that time. I was the director of a Bus Ministry Department in our church Sunday School. I knew all the right things to say and do when I knew people were watching. Then one Sunday, the pastor, Dr. Jerry Vines,( now pastor in Jacksonville, Fla.) said something I needed to hear . It rang my bell so to speak and I gave my heart and life to Jesus Christ. Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. Had I not been made to go to church as a child, I probably would not be saved, today.

Answer 3

I was 6 when I started attending the Mormon church. My mom would drop me off, I would go in and the parking lot would be empty for what appeared to be a very long time before she would come back for me to pick me up and take me home.
She did not want me to go.
When I was 9, she married my step father and he took us regularly.
When I was 12, we left the Mormon faith and I started attending other faiths, my mom did not like that either and did her best to discourage me from attending.
I stopped attending churches when I was 15 because every time I asked a question and asked to have it proved to me from the bible, they would respond "are you talking to Jehovah's Witnesses?" I would say "No, who are they? If they can answer my questions, how can I find them?"
Needless to say, I have been in trouble with the churches from my youth up.
Now I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I have so much more peace and happiness in my life.
My questions are not only answered, but I have a hope of better things to come, the hope of living forever on a paradise earth.

Answer 4

Yes, and it was always this big production where I'd be punished if I missed it or wasn't ready on time.

I don't have a single long-term friend from when I used to attend it, either. Church kids were no nicer or more pleasant than high school kids - as a matter of fact, I found church folk to be much more uptight, exclusive, and unpleasant than ordinary people I met socially.

Now all that my siblings are adults, not one of us still consider ourselves to be Catholic.

Answer 5

I was expected, but never forced. I actually enjoyed Sunday school as a child so it wasn't hard for my mother to get me to go. When I got older things changed a bit....like when I decided I didn't want to be confirmed. My mom made me a deal that if I went to the meeting that they had to explain what was going to happen and I decided I didn't want to do it, I didn't have to. My mother still teases me and blames me not being confirmed for all my problems! Lol

Answer 6

I loved to go to Church as a child, especially on thee high holy days. Children got to participate in th worship, which was fun for us. The music was always great on the holy days and there was much pageantry. I learned about the the love of Christ. And confirmation was a time I will never forget. It was all positive.

Answer 7

No, not expected - FORCED.

I was forced to go to church as a child when I did not believe (when it was impossible for me to believe) and when I did not want to go.

I go to a Unitarian church now because I want to and because I believe in the core tenets of the church. Working through my relationship with the divine has been easier and better in the Unitarian church because I am coming to it of my own free will, not through force.

Answer 8

Sunday...

9:30 Sunday School
10:30 morning worship
5:30 church choir
6:30 evening worship

Wednesday

7:00 midweek prayer service

Thursday

7:00 church wide visitation

Weekends

church youth outings

So yes, I was raised Southern Baptist, and that was my extracurricular activity.

Answer 9

Yes, & even though I hated it then, I'm proud of my parent for sticking to it because it's made me a better person today. My son will go to church with us every Sunday, and may even be attending a Christian day school for 9 yrs as I did.

Answer 10

Of course, but my family is faithful and even as an adult I still go to church every Sunday, as a teenager I would go to church even if my parents didn't on a particular Sunday

Answer 11

I was made to go to church as a child and I MAKE my children go as well.