Originally Posted by shackleton

When choosing between two churches, which would be better? A Baptist chruch that is dispensational but Calvinistic, they are heavily into Macarthur, good biblical, expositional teaching, pastor was a missionary to some former communist country and is a former Marine.

Or, a PCA church that is presbyterian in name only, very contemporary, church is not serious at all, people getting up in the middle of service to refill their coffee or get a bagel. The assistant pastor wears red snickers on the pulpit. However, both pastor went to Covenant and they are presbyterian.

I know someone at both. The PCA church is very people oriented, the Baptist chruch very teaching oriented.

The answers seems obvious, I guess, I just don't know if I want to go back to hearing about the "rapture" and who the Antichrist is all the time.