Bereans of Just the Teachers of the Word or the Whole Church Ministry???

Acts 17:10The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, [k]and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11Now these people were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, [l]for they received the word with [m]great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12Therefore, many of them believed, [n]along with a significant number of prominent Greek women and men.

In a Bible study a few days ago a point came up by my pastor about praise & worship. Pastor said the lives of the people singing doesn't matter that much as long as the song touches you, or something similiar to that.
In an instant I said that christians need to be like the Bereans not just in biblical teachings, but in praise & worship, and all other things the church practices & allows.
For example, many churches believes that Hillsong church teaches damnable doctrines, yet will sing their songs without any spiritual discernment at all. The same for Bethel worship & others.
I've known christians who went to their church for years without knowing their by-laws & doctinal statements, only to be blown away when they found out.
I believe we need to know everything about our houses of worship that we can across the board, because Satan is sneaking in every door cracked open in the church.
Have you ever considered any of these things mentioned? Do you blindly trust every program/ministry in your church?
Knowing how bad the Falling Away is today, should we question every program/ministry in our church?
Let me know of any of your "discoveries" in recent years you found that would be prudent to check out in all the churches.
Thanks.

It's a good question. If we seek a perfect church, we won't find it. At the same time, we need to know if false doctrine is being preached. I go to a church where there about 60 regulars. One of the leaders is alive and shines with Jesus. Another is worthy but dull and boring. And that is the dilemma. The interesting thing to me is how few people discern the difference.

To paraphrase Juan Carlos Ortiz, God is more interested in the right life than the exactly correct doctrine. Some of the hardest and coldest preachers I've come across are rigidly exact and correct in doctrine. There are others that I may disagree with on some points, but who shine with love. God can correct doctrine, but changing a hard heart is much more difficult. God does not have a doctrinal examination to enter His Kingdom. He has a stethoscope. If you are born again and living in the Spirit, you are in. If all someone has is right doctrine, then many will say, "Lord, Lord............."

If we seek a perfect church, we won't find it.

I think that God is interested in a right life AND right doctrine. It is not either or but both.

This is laughable. He is not talking about a "perfect" church. He is talking about SOUND Bible-based churches. And he is right. They are rapidly being replaced by churches which have stopped caring about what the Bible actually teaches. Emotions have replaced spiritual discernment, because the pastors have stopped providing sound biblical teaching. It is really not that hard to be sound and scriptural.

So why is everyone (or almost everyone) running away from that? They have all junked the sound hymns of the faith which stood the test of time because they presented Gospel truth and Bible truth. Now the songs are meaningless and boring, but no one says "Wait a minute, is this really biblical worship and praise?' They need to be projected instead of being found in hymnals.

Acts 17:10The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, [k]and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11Now these people were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, [l]for they received the word with [m]great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12Therefore, many of them believed, [n]along with a significant number of prominent Greek women and men.

In a Bible study a few days ago a point came up by my pastor about praise & worship. Pastor said the lives of the people singing doesn't matter that much as long as the song touches you, or something similiar to that.
In an instant I said that christians need to be like the Bereans not just in biblical teachings, but in praise & worship, and all other things the church practices & allows.
For example, many churches believes that Hillsong church teaches damnable doctrines, yet will sing their songs without any spiritual discernment at all. The same for Bethel worship & others.
I've known christians who went to their church for years without knowing their by-laws & doctinal statements, only to be blown away when they found out.
I believe we need to know everything about our houses of worship that we can across the board, because Satan is sneaking in every door cracked open in the church.
Have you ever considered any of these things mentioned? Do you blindly trust every program/ministry in your church?
Knowing how bad the Falling Away is today, should we question every program/ministry in our church?
Let me know of any of your "discoveries" in recent years you found that would be prudent to check out in all the churches.
Thanks.