Series: Looking for Membership in a New Local Body
Posted 06-24-2008 at 10:18 PM by danmpem
Day 3
I was able to contact more of the church offices today. After calling around a bit, I got on the phone with local General Baptist pastor, and while it was clear pretty fast that his local body wasn't the right place for me (mostly retired folk), he kept pushing the question as to what I was looking for in a church. "Are you looking for contemporary, Baptist, Pentecostal?" When I gave him the details of my theological convictions, he started to give me some suggestions as to where I might like to go. After a few minutes of talking, it was clear that he was going to sell me on a church regardless of what I told him I was interested in.
While none of the three Lutheran churches had college groups, two asked me to start one. Yeah, I know.
Not only do they not have any idea who I am, I would be doing such a disservice if I ever took it up.
By far, the pastor I hit it off with the most was the Sunday morning preacher of the third Lutheran church. He started out cautious, letting me know that I ought to come by and look at something called a "confession" and see that the teachings in his church are not only Biblical but are also very similar to those of the Protestant Reformation. When I told him that I had read Martin Luther and John Calvin, his enthusiasm burst, and he immediately opened up. It was touching. (It turns out that his wife was my high school Spanish teacher two years in a row.)
I was able to contact more of the church offices today. After calling around a bit, I got on the phone with local General Baptist pastor, and while it was clear pretty fast that his local body wasn't the right place for me (mostly retired folk), he kept pushing the question as to what I was looking for in a church. "Are you looking for contemporary, Baptist, Pentecostal?" When I gave him the details of my theological convictions, he started to give me some suggestions as to where I might like to go. After a few minutes of talking, it was clear that he was going to sell me on a church regardless of what I told him I was interested in.
While none of the three Lutheran churches had college groups, two asked me to start one. Yeah, I know.
Not only do they not have any idea who I am, I would be doing such a disservice if I ever took it up.By far, the pastor I hit it off with the most was the Sunday morning preacher of the third Lutheran church. He started out cautious, letting me know that I ought to come by and look at something called a "confession" and see that the teachings in his church are not only Biblical but are also very similar to those of the Protestant Reformation. When I told him that I had read Martin Luther and John Calvin, his enthusiasm burst, and he immediately opened up. It was touching. (It turns out that his wife was my high school Spanish teacher two years in a row.)
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