Non-denominational Christianity

something. I know now that God does not work that way. My middle school years as a Christian was everything less than desired. Going to a Christian school, I did not mind God but I did not want to put in the effort of having a relationship with Him. Christianity was just a bunch of impossible rules to follow and I was just a rebellious pre-teen. Getting into bad habits of disobeying my parents, cursing, bullying, negativity and living selfish had caught up to me. It took

In October 1927, the first ever North American Christian Convention was held in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was one of many conventions that was held at the time and are held still to this day. Throughout this time, the North American Christian Convention has grown and developed, but how did it all begin and how has history shaped it into becoming what it is today? Throughout this paper I will be discussing the different events and people, that shaped and molded the North American Christian Convention

Serving God is important to her, being very involved in her Christian non-denominational church has kept her going through adult years. Namely, church programs she served include the Women’s Ministry/Events; Usher Board; Senior Choir; Sunday School Teacher, as well as, feeding the homeless and young children. By all means, one can

References Final Abare, B., & Hendricks, K. (2005). Marketing Your Church Without Diluting Your Message. Retrieved January 13, 2017, from http://ministrytodaymag.com/outreach/marketing/11033-marketing-your-church-without-diluting-your-message This article proves its essentialness by bringing to light how one can market their church and not dilute God’s word and the message He gave them but also be relevant to the people of desired reach. This is crucial to my business plan because I want to present

While visiting the local church for a community event, I met the possible participant for my focus group. The Del City Church of Christ Community Cup is an event that takes place every Tuesday morning from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The church provides free donuts and coffee to the community as we as free fresh fruits and vegetable. I arrived at 7:30 a.m. on June 13th to have donuts with my grandchildren, while sitting there and observing the different individuals and families that came in and out

mentions that after his reflective discernment, Keith’s theology started making sense to him and differences that seemed differences to him in theology, began changing. This instance, reminds me when I first visited the Evanston Vineyard, a non-denominational church, which is the same church where I am serving as a Pastoral Intern. The first time I attended a service here, I noticed an African American woman responding in words to the pastor’s sermon. At first, I felt very annoyed, after

in sheep's clothing are not your brother. Conferences and Conventions: Religious conferences have been around for a century. It started with camp meetings and Revivals. Twenty to thirty years ago a major exodus took place from mainline denominational churches, which created independent mega churches. A local assembly is considered to be a mega church if it boasts of having 2000 or more members. Of course, when it comes to the statistics you can almost be certain that the math of the head count

In Him Church Glendale, Arizona Non-Denominational Service Attendance Paper Religion 315 Non-denomination, the not denominational denomination. In the past couple of decades the rise in non-denominational churches has been increasing greatly and are said to be the second largest group of Protestants (Moore, 2011). It is said that most that break off and become apart of this fast growing belief come from a protestant upbringing. The study shows that more people are determining on where

On November 26, I went to my first service at a non-denominational Christian church. My friend and I took the 20-minute drive to Lake Mills to the Word of Faith Dominion Church. Being that I consider myself a Christian, I figured that I would enjoy this service regardless of the differences between being non-denominational instead of Immanuel like my usual, but nothing would have prepared me for how amazing it actually was. As soon as we got there, we had someone hold the door for us and someone

I am reminded of a non-denominational mega church in Chicago that is comprised of the upper class of people and all kinds of modern facilities that to me personally gave an impression of snobbery and a non-church experience. It seemed it was a public event that was for the sake of fun. This further implicates the opinion that a church experience does not mean one