what are the good and bad points of your christian denomination?

Question

what makes your group the best way to worship?

Answer 1

This can be a hard question as worship is an individual, personal belief. While I believe it's alright to clap your hands, or raise your hands to glorify God, some of the same people in my denomination think the opposite. The best way to worship is to allow the Holy Spirit to be the lead, praying and asking to be filled with his presence in worship. There is nothing that can bless me more than to worship my heavenly Father and feel his presence. My "group" as you put it, is one of the best "groups"/churches I've ever been in because we have a pastor, song director, youth director, deacons, choir that all love the Lord. Our pastor preaches the word with his heart, our choir and song director, leads our worship in music with their hearts, I have seldom gone to church and not felt the presence of the Holy Spirit even when I didn't "feel" like being there. My group is Souther Bapt. but my church is Christian, not all denominations are Christ like or follow in the word. Some believe it to be a social event - mine is not like that. The best way to worship is with your whole heart, focusing totally on God - the reason we are there to begin with.

Answer 2

not sure of any bad points besides being told from other beliefs all the time we are wrong. but then that makes them judging God. anyways the good. i love how we worship. we all sing and praise. i love how after each song we praise God untill the next song starts. i love how we are not ashamed to run around the church or dance or raise our hands. i just love how we get into it. the bad i guess is that we speak truth in our church and loose a lot of people. and not always is it truth out of Bible. but rather a conviction our pastor has. like he may preach against tv. and will show great points. but some think he is telling them to not have a tv. when he is showing why it can be bad. for myself i see it and i get tempted to watch shows i should not so i got rid of it. but instead of people asking later they just leave to find a church that will fit there needs. and well i for one am all for Gods needs and living for God not myself and my needs.

Answer 3

I've recently realized exactly why all these denominations have problems: they focus on one teaching of the Bible and never go any further.

Our relationship with Christ is never to be limited by anything, with the Holy Spirit in us and constantly working with us to have faith and righteousness.

I go to a baptist church here because it's the closest thing in my area that's attempting to grow with limits, I think one day we may leave the convention and become "reformed" or "non-denomiantional" because we are teaching parts of the Gospel that the baptist convention doesn't like or touch.

Reas your New Testament, especially Corinthians and get a feel of a what a Biblical church was. There is no church in America like that, if anywhere, not that there wrong (though there are those that are not teaching the Gospel and they are wrong,) but the original churches were not limited. They constantly seek to grow in Christ in everything, every part of their lives.

They we're preaching feel good messages or trying to help you get rich. They told you when you were wrong and sold all their possessions except the absolute necessary (in cases of families, individuals sold everything) for the good of the church and for charity.

Paul told the Corinthians (1 Cor. 1:10-17) this about following specific church leaders:
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

And later on in another book he talks about no divisions. At the time of Paul we didn't yet have the Roman Catholic church, which has been the main cause to divide us due to it's allowance of pagan rituals to enter the church. Most of the churches coming from the revivals, beginning with Lutherans, saw only some issues and said, "The Catholics are wrong here and here, so let's make a church changing this and this back tot he Biblical way." but then they stopped changing. Protestant churches today all started with this example and continue. They stop trying for righteousness but instead for doctrines and traditions.


This site is specifically on the difference between the Catholic teachings and the Bible, but if you go through it also explains a lot of major points in the Bible every Christian should understand.
http://www.justforcatholics.org/answers.htm

The best way to worship God is to commit your life to Him, it's what He created you for and wants from/for you. Are you sure you're saved and will enter God's Kingdom when you die? Make sure!
http://www.allaboutgod.com/plan-of-salvation.htm

I encourage you above everything else, study the Bible to know what God wants! Start in the book of John and walk all the way through the new testament. It will do you wonders.
In Christ,
Jennie
jenn -@- innocenthands.org
downwithheroes = yahoo messenger

Answer 4

I LOVE being a Christian!
No bad points for me--can't think of ONE!

I love to worship because I love God so much--He has been so good to me.
I love to sing praises to God, and I write a lot of poetry and songs about how I feel about God.

Answer 5

Evidently, all christian sects are blatantly IGNORING what's written on 1 Corinthians 1:10 w/c says:

"I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be NO DIVISIONS among you and that you may be perfectly UNITED in mind and thought."

The major BAD POINTS of ALL christian sects sprung from this. So, what's being done about this?

Answer 6

gooddddd I am part of the catholic church it's a church full of traditions and costumes and ect.. history........ and the only one from jesus christ
bad thing....... because the bishops, popes dont follow the gospel. they have much money as the pope does with his own state when jesus said my kingdom is not of this world

Answer 7

There is nothing bad with christianity, only with those arrogant enough to interpret his will. Love god, not religion.