I am looking for a chuch for my family ... my wife is ex JW and I am somewhat agnostics. recomendations-reason

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses have a remarkably satisfying, bible-supported theology which seems to almost literally "have all the answers"; yet isn't that what one would expect from true Christianity?

Jehovah's Witnesses are unique for their rejection of paganisms, use of God's personal name, and global preaching by every active adherent. No other religious organization can claim such purity of worship.

These facts about Jehovah's Witnesses are perhaps relevant to this question. The more one compares this Christian religion with others, the more remarkable it is shown to be.

1. Jehovah's Witnesses have no paid clergy. Yet they remain tightly organized with more than 6.5 million active Jehovah's Witness preachers (about 16 million associate themselves with the religion). Even fulltime preachers and workers at their branch offices are unpaid volunteers.

2. There is no elite class among Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the few 'anointed' among them enjoy no special privileges in their congregations on earth. An anointed person (one of those relative few with a heavenly hope) is not elevated above his fellow congregants in any way, and he may not even qualify for appointment as a simple 'deacon' or elder. There are no titles; EVERYONE is addressed as 'brother' or 'sister'.

3. No person benefits economically from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the 8 to 20 men who serve on their Governing Body receive simply room, board, medical care, and reimbursement for certain personal expenses according to the exact same provision as every other branch volunteer.

4. About a hundred men have served on Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body committee during the past 125 years or so. The vast majority of them have spent the vast majority of their adult lives volunteering for their organization's purposes, and the vast majority have died faithfully and near-pennilessly while still under their legal 'vow of poverty'.

5. Amazingly, Jehovah's Witnesses did not splinter as a sect from some other religion. Instead, a truly tiny but sincere group of bible students studied only the Scriptures to determine the will of God. Thus their religion remains absolutely independent of and not carrying the sins of Christendom's history, yet carries the authority of Christ's teachings.

6. Despite the distortions of anti-Witnesses, throughout their modern history Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to claim divine inspiration or infallibility for their teachings. They have pointed to the bible (and not any particular translation) as the only inspired infallible means of knowing God's thoughts. For over 125 years, their teachings have been presented as merely the results of sincere bible research by imperfect but godly humans.


Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_07.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040601/article_02.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/who.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm

Answer 2

You are on the right way. Jesus helps me a lot in my life. He is willing to help you and all people. I believe you'll find your church. Read the Gospel and try step by step follow it. You will see changes for the better. Good luck.

Answer 3

may i suggest spending some time reading the bible first.
read the book of proverbs,and then read from acts through the book jude,up to revelation.the apostles explain much on what it means to be a christian.
i wish you all the luck in the world.
"There is one body and one Spirit[holy spirit], just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
Eph 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism[of the holyspirit];
Eph 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."ephesians 4:4-6
please read ephesians 6:10-18..full armor of god.
my prayers

Answer 4

"We are to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all, wherever we find them." Joseph Smith, Jr.

Answer 5

Be safe and go for a Non Denominational church.