I don't know about this church. I have really learned the lesson to look deep into churches before making a commitment to them. If you look under the hood, you find out all kinds of buyer beware facts.
First of all, I would more than agree with the other reviewer who notices that this is a cold church. It is very mechanical and unfriendly. I went to a picnic and not one person talked to me while I was there, even though I was surrounded by the same people all day. They didn't so much as look in my direction.
The pastor is a good speaker, but not a pastor type. Pastors are supposed to be warm and friendly. A shepherd over the flock who cares and takes an interest in people. I have never said more than two words to the guy. I think he would be great being an itinerant pastor instead of managing a flock.
The next thing is they never invite people to receive the Lord at the end, or at anytime during the service. Nope, this is not a church where you will see people getting saved. There are also no crosses in the church. It is almost like it is not cool to preach Jesus anymore. I don't get it. He is the coolest part of church!
People do come up and shake your hand during "turn and shake someone's hand" portion of the service. It is just not a genuine caring feeling at this church. I think church should be really simple. Preach the Gospel, teach the people, love and help the people, reach out to the community to show the love of God to them in a real way, worship God and not just sing cool songs, love each other. That's it really. No super cool methodology to any of it.
I get the feeling that this pastor is desperately trying to fit into today. He is trying at any cost to be cool and appeal to the masses and pop culture, but what it reads is shallow and empty.
The next issue is the Republican drivel you have to listen to. It is definitely not cool to be anything other than a repub here. I personally think politics has no place in religion.
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