How to find
the Right Church?
Up-Dated -
Friday, October 10, 2008
There are a lot of Churches
and a lot of different kinds.
Table of Contents
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Go with the people who told it to you
*
King James Bible
* Preaches
salvation from the platform
* Takes salvation
to the public, non-believers
* The Lord has one in
mind
*
Calls on prospective members
* May have
overlooked you
Since you are looking to just get started, we are
going to stick to the very basics.
Since you are reading these pages because you have
been
saved through the efforts of a local Baptist Church (public
event ministry, door to door ministry, teen outreach, etc.) you will
want to see what the Baptists are doing.
We will not get into the arguments about which
church was first, which has the true doctrine, etc. If you got
the
changed heart when you called on Jesus Christ as your personal
Saviour, you know from your own personal experience that you were
told correctly. So let's just go from there.
Some interject, But why can't I still go to my old
church? I wonder why your old church never told you how to be
saved? Again, you know that salvation is true, because you
have the
changed heart to prove it.
Go to the church of the people who told you how to be saved.
These people are obviously trying to help you and love you.
Your response should be to discover what they have, because you have
many friends and relatives who need to be
saved, and need your help
and love, too.
Choose a Baptist Church which uses the King James Bible.
We are not talking about tolerating the King James, but actually
using it in the preaching and teaching. Why? There is
not room here to discuss the excellent reasons. When someone
told you (at a public event or at your door, etc.) how to be
saved,
they were using the King James Bible. You understood and was
changed. Further more, we do not know of any church of any
denomination who makes an effort to take the good news of salvation
out to the general public, who uses anything but the King James.
If they people who told you how to be
saved, did so from the King
James and you know you got the
change heart, you will want to stick
with ...
* those people
* that kind of church
* that Bible
Choose a Baptist
Church which preaches from the platform the same message of
salvation you heard when you were
saved.
Many churches claim to preach salvation, but you never hear it
during their services. Go to different Baptist Churches until
you hear them convey how to be
saved. Give each one a couple
of Sundays.
Choose a Baptist
Church which reaches out to the general public.
Do the prospective churches have some or all of the following:
* bus route to pick up children?
* door to door ministry to find prospects to hear the gospel?
* youth ministry touching children outside the church family?
* ladies' Bible study for the church ladies and bringing in ladies
from the community?
* men's group that reaches out to other men on a regular basis
Evangelistic outreach does not have to be well funded or highly
organized, just active.
If they have no programs for touching the community with the good
news that Jesus is Saviour, then they would not have found you and
told you. Look for a church who is extending a hand and
actually seeing people being
saved. This type of church will
likely extend a hand to you.
Choose a Church the Lord has chosen.
Once you have found a church which meets the basics, give them
6-8 weeks straight. Don't come and go, but be there every
Sunday morning and evening and Wednesday evening. If you
honestly can't make all the services, make it to all of the services
at least several times. On each occasion ask the Lord to show
you what you need to see. To some how put His hand on the
right one. After the 6-8 weeks are completed, then react the
way the Lord has shown you, stay or move to the next available
church.
Did
they come by to see you during the trial period?
During the 6-8 week trail, did the pastor come to see you?
If it was a very large church, 250 or more in attendance on Sunday
mornings, did one of his assistants or deacon (trustee, etc.).
Did some of the ladies come to see your wife? Did someone from
the youth group come to see your children?
Do not look for
the church to cater to you.
They should be active in exhorting one another, but you may be
overlooked in the process. If you begin exhorting yourself,
you will hardly notice. If you are waiting for them to come to
where you are and hold your hand and weep over your problems, then
you are wanting a group of believers like we have just told you not
to attend.
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