Is ok to switch churchs ???

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Sara23

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ok ... So i like my church,its were i became a christian and got babtized but i want to move to a new church just because i really have a problem speaking spanish and i am hispanic but i was raised in the u.s , so most of my spainsh i did have has been wiped out. I only understand it ,every word but cant speak it or read it .So any communication i try with the church members is a failure. I want to be at a church that i can ask for someone for help if i need it and grow more as a christain by being able to actually ask questions . My church is very very small and must of them are older and dont know a bit of english . So what do i do ?
 

T_Laurich

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If you have a bible handy I suggest you read 1 Corinthians 12:12-31. It stresses mainly the body of the Church. And, explains why if 1 person doesn't commit to God's work then the whole church can crumble. Also goes you can take this into account why it doesn't work out for you.

Acts 2:42,44-47
This goes into the first century Church which the same principals work today.

So in conclusion yes it is okay to switch churches. I wish the best for you. :eek:

But, it might be worth it to stress every possible way to stay in the church.
 
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Tintin

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Nothing wrong with moving to another church, especially if you have trouble understanding what's being said. God be with you in your search.
 
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OceanGrl

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I agree with Tintin, if you can't understand what is being said, then you should try and find a church that will be a better fit for you and where you can grow and all. So, I'd say it's OK to switch churches.
 
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vikash

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You have a genuine reason, its OK to visit other church as you want to grow in word and share word among each other. But be sowed in one place as it is necessary to grow spiritually. A tree cannot grow if you keep uprooting it and place it somewhere else again and again.. get sowed in one church and grow their. I would also suggest not to get away from your current church.. always keep in touch with your current church.
 

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I think it is only for the best to find a church that feels like the right place to be.
 
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jody50

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ok ... So i like my church,its were i became a christian and got babtized but i want to move to a new church just because i really have a problem speaking spanish and i am hispanic but i was raised in the u.s , so most of my spainsh i did have has been wiped out. I only understand it ,every word but cant speak it or read it .So any communication i try with the church members is a failure. I want to be at a church that i can ask for someone for help if i need it and grow more as a christain by being able to actually ask questions . My church is very very small and must of them are older and dont know a bit of english . So what do i do ?
There's nothing wrong with changing congregations. Just be sure you go where they teach the truth as in the New Testament. Do they teach you need to believe, repent of your sins, confess Jesus, and being baptized. Because that is what is taught in Acts 2:38, Mark 16:15 & 16, I Peter 3:21. Then do they worship correctly? Lord's supper on the first day of the week, singing, praying, preaching. I know the Church of Christ teaches exactly what's in the New Testament.
 
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spacefreak

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ok ... So i like my church,its were i became a christian and got babtized but i want to move to a new church just because i really have a problem speaking spanish and i am hispanic but i was raised in the u.s , so most of my spainsh i did have has been wiped out. I only understand it ,every word but cant speak it or read it .So any communication i try with the church members is a failure. I want to be at a church that i can ask for someone for help if i need it and grow more as a christain by being able to actually ask questions . My church is very very small and must of them are older and dont know a bit of english . So what do i do ?


the church is the body so i say find a good christian church that your comfterball in and check it out, but it helps to pray for GOD'S guidence to where to go
 

shawntc

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Yes, it is OK to switch churches, for the right reasons. In your situation, it seems like it would probably be a very good idea.
 
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ok ... So i like my church,its were i became a christian and got babtized but i want to move to a new church just because i really have a problem speaking spanish and i am hispanic but i was raised in the u.s , so most of my spainsh i did have has been wiped out. I only understand it ,every word but cant speak it or read it .So any communication i try with the church members is a failure. I want to be at a church that i can ask for someone for help if i need it and grow more as a christain by being able to actually ask questions . My church is very very small and must of them are older and dont know a bit of english . So what do i do ?
I would encourage you to stop church shopping, and start soul searching, and make sure you are in the faith, and if the church you belong to is preaching the truth, then stay there, but sadly few organized churches are preaching anything near the truth that has been replaced with many many errors, leading many astray and away from the true gospel according to godliness!

Come out of Her!

Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Rev 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
What did Jesus mean when He boldly warns His creation to come out of her! Who are His people? And what are they to come out of?
I believe these questions can be easily answered when you take the whole council of God, which is His untouched, and unblemished word of truth, which has been made into a system of lies and errors, many will NOT be able to escape before the judgment comes!
Many bible pundits will argue against this powerful verse, along with many more leading up to this strong warning from the King of Kings!
2Co 6:17 Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you
2Co 6:18 and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
Coming out from among them or her is very misunderstood in the church system today, where the Lord is simply calling all those trapped in Babylon (false, confused system of errors) to leave quickly, or suffer along with the masses who have chosen to ignore the few calling them out, but instead fight them with their select favorite verses that quenches any conviction left in them.
They will argue they are saved, they said the Billy Graham sinners prayer, and have accepted the provision where all their sins and disobedience is forgiven, past, present and future, then these strong warning do not pertain to them but to another apostate church that doesn’t fall in line with their liberal gospel!
They will claim they are IN the truth, while those in their beloved church are dying in wanton sin and rebellion every day, they boast holiness and heart purity is impossible this side of heaven, and call the few who say they have actually crucified their flesh with Christ, liars, self-righteous, and deceived!
The table will be turned in the near future I believe, and those who have made the choice to count the cost, and come out from among her and be separate, will not share in her great sins, plagues and disobedience!
Jesus came to set the standard, which is way below par today, thanks to the likes of the so called great reformation, most of you cling to, you praise heretics such as Calvin, and Luther, Augustine, and cling to a saved IN SIN gospel, that renders you void of any REAL heart purity, and separation.
You shoot the messengers of truth, calling us out, when you refuse to read anything we post, but instead keep coming with your conceived notions and rhetoric, that makes John 3-16, Eph 2-8-9, and many others verses conform to your sin nature theory, no works of a loving faith of obedience is lost in a sea of reformed errors you refuse to come out of!
It’s not uncommon to read many posts daily, from those who are trapped in their flesh, crying out for help, their marriages are on the rocks, they are addicted to the gross perversions on the internet, (porn) and go on and on about their worldly possessions, their vile video games, movies, TV, sports, while the truth that can transform their souls is lost and covered by their carnal mind, that was never crucified with Christ as commanded.
Repentance to them is a mere afterthought, that may or may not occur in their lukewarm existence, since all the pastors, and highly esteemed bible pundits tell them constantly, they are the chief of sinners, or the Romans wretch, and will always be in battle with their inbreed sin nature they got just for being born!
What a colossal shame! They refuse to come out from her and be separate, because they know they will lose much in the process, they have refused to count the cost, and give lip service to the few giving them the truth, telling them they believe all we preach because it’s the word of God, BUT they refuse to come out of the false system. They claim they are all right, and even though their beloved pastor is teaching many reformed errors, such as original sin, substitution, OSAS, etc., they say they can chew the meat and spit out the bones, another words they can sit among the lost and sinning crowd, and do absolutely nothing to challenge their beloved pastor or church leaders as to why they are promising their lost congregation liberty, while they wallow in sin and disobedience!
Could it be because they actually do not love the truth? Or they just do NOT believe or accept the words of God at its given values, but instead they want to cover it up in a blanket of lies that allow them to stay in the system of errors, (Babylon) and be judged with them because they refuse to warn them, and come out and follow Jesus on the narrow road?
There comes a time when mankind will have to make a God given choice to come out from among her as warned! They cannot sit on the fence and claim all is well, and that they were declared saved when they received Jesus, thus it doesn’t matter if they stay in the system of lies drowning in their worldliness and false doctrines of men!
When they tell you that you were born a wretched sinner, followed by the Jesus substitution plan, then it all goes downhill from here. Repentance isn’t mandatory (a work of faith) obedience is just an option, which to them means you can obey or not, but it has no influence on your salvation because Jesus took your wrath, thus obeyed for you!
So to sum this warning up, This powerful warning from Revelation is just a suggestion, not to be taken literally, since Jesus came out for you, obeyed for you, repented for you, departed from iniquity for you, crucified His flesh for you, took you wrath, went and sinned no more for you, overcame for you, all because you were born totally unable to simply say NO to you flesh, disobedience, rebellion, evil, the ways of the world, and most of all you were unable to flee the system of lies and take a season to test all things, and make your calling sure as commanded!
Num 16:21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, so that I may devour them in a moment.
Num 16:22 And they fell upon their faces and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin and will You be angry with all the congregation?
God is not playing games here, His warnings are true and sure, as they stand today. The true followers of Christ were the few, and the remnant, who stood aloof of the apostate system, they counted to cost, walked the walk, were hated, despised and ignored, but they were in the favor of God, not making excuses why they can be in and among the lies and deceptions, and think they are OK with God!
Eph 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.
Eph 5:7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Tommy
Rev 1:3 Blessed is the one who reads and hears the Words of this prophecy, and the ones keeping the things written in it, for the time is near.
 

leelee

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Tommy you can easily take a verse out of context to bend it from your will, the revelation verses are from the lament over fallen babylon, the verses from 2cor are about being yoked with unbelievers, try following john 3;16 with john 3;17, eph 2:8 IT IS BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED! grace=unmerited favour, ie none of us deserve it. we can do our best but we are never going to be completly without sin, that includes you tommy. the numbers verses refer specifically to Korah, Dathan and Abiram who had wronged, God then said to the assembly to move away from their tents (also that was before the new covenant), ephisians follows with...for you were once in darkness, but now you are in the light of the Lord Live as children of the light, it is talking about praising God. Finally the last revelation verse is part of the introduction and is referring to the rest of the book.


it took me 40 mins to read but please do not accuse everyone of not reading what you are writing.