California christian, with No hope for the apostate churches around me

I went to a "Be a Luthern " class because I was excited about the fact that this particular church believed in SOLO Scriptura, for real.
at the class this came up. The lovely pastor, tried in the kindest way to define, this and Martin Luther himself argued this and agreed with the Catholic Church on the point. Which was a disappointment to me, I could not "sign on"

Hi All

I live in California (Los Angeles) and have been looking for a real church for over 10 years
I visit churches in my area and smell the marketing, the hustle, the lack of respect for the word of God, the compromise, the almost worship of SJW issues.
It has left me very isolated. I recently visited a Lutheran Church and like it well enough, then I found out that
in the communion, they believe in transubustatiation, which I do not.
To add to this ...I just broke up with a man who was a Mormon,
but lied to me and said he was a "Christian" ...its a long story, but the Mormons are trained to speak the christian lingo, without
knowing or caring a thing about the Lord. All that said, I am on a quest to find a tribe of believers who actually believe. This is what I hope to find here.

Hi All

I live in California (Los Angeles) and have been looking for a real church for over 10 years
I visit churches in my area and smell the marketing, the hustle, the lack of respect for the word of God, the compromise, the almost worship of SJW issues.
It has left me very isolated. I recently visited a Lutheran Church and like it well enough, then I found out that
in the communion, they believe in transubustatiation, which I do not.
To add to this ...I just broke up with a man who was a Mormon,
but lied to me and said he was a "Christian" ...its a long story, but the Mormons are trained to speak the christian lingo, without
knowing or caring a thing about the Lord. All that said, I am on a quest to find a tribe of believers who actually believe. This is what I hope to find here.

Yes i have heard many reports about how much of California has fallen into deception and disbelief.. If i lived there and had the ability to leave i would..

Amen sister. Been fighting the same fight for 20 years. The epistles of Jesus to His Church aka the Seven letters are replete with such warnings. Paul's warnins ring clear also. The bottom line is NEVER give up The Way.....and keep growing in Christ. BTW John MacArthurs church is nearby. Could you give them a try?

A provocative title for the thread.

Is it your contention that anyone who disagrees with you is apostate?

Welcome the the forum.

Not at all
This is the definition : The word "apostasy" comes from the Greek apostasia, which is translated "falling away" in 2 Thessalonians 2:3.The word is closely related to the Greek word for "divorce." Apostates are those who fall away from the true faith, abandoning what they formerly professed to believe. For example, a liberal denomination that denies the authority of Scripture or the deity of Christ is an apostate denomination.

Or a church that Changes the meaning of the actual written word of God (Bible)
Or Adds to it for gain
Or Changes the actual meaning of the word of God -to comply with society norms

Platosgal, there's a pastor in California named Mike Winger who has a YouTube channel. He's not the senior pastor at his church; he's the youth pastor.

He's a very Biblically sound pastor; I like watching his videos.

Here's the link to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/EkimRegniw

Don't know if it matters to you, but Mike approaches Scripture from a Calvary Chapel or Traditional/Provisionist viewpoint.

Some other good pastors/theologians to listen to are:

Leighton Flowers (Soteriology 101)
Chris Roseborough (Fighting for the Faith)
William Lane Craig (Reasonable Faith)
James White (Alpha & Omega Ministries)
John MacArthur (Grace to You Ministries)
Phil Johnson (Grace to You Ministries)
Justin Peters (Justin Peters Ministries)

Their YouTube channels are in parentheses.

I have never heard of any of these! Thanks so much!

Example: I visited a Mega Church near my home, they had all kinds of "programs" I visited literally 10 times, including Christmas time and the "pastors" did not open or quote from the bible once! Not once!! It was a shock! Then I reached out to the pastors, via email and wanted to understand why they did not mention the bible during the service and was promptly dismissed

Another local church- Main stream Denomination - had a Gay Couple as their pastoral team
Other Churches have Women Pastors and "leadership" - ( which though I was at 4 Square for many years, and even went to their bible college) I am against, due to what the bible actually says, and how during my time at different Christian Academic situations, I saw the reasoning for the scriptures stating so.
Once of these women pastors said from the pulpit, she did not personally believe that Jesus Existed!! ( I wanted to vomit)

This is the path of California...

Hi All

I live in California (Los Angeles) and have been looking for a real church for over 10 years
I visit churches in my area and smell the marketing, the hustle, the lack of respect for the word of God, the compromise, the almost worship of SJW issues.
It has left me very isolated. I recently visited a Lutheran Church and like it well enough, then I found out that
in the communion, they believe in transubustatiation, which I do not.
To add to this ...I just broke up with a man who was a Mormon,
but lied to me and said he was a "Christian" ...its a long story, but the Mormons are trained to speak the christian lingo, without
knowing or caring a thing about the Lord. All that said, I am on a quest to find a tribe of believers who actually believe. This is what I hope to find here.