I really wanted to love this church as everyone was so welcoming since my husband and I were new to the area.
The first thing that made me feel off is that when the pastor asked everyone to open up their bibles to such and such place... all you heard was quiet. I looked around and saw maybe one or two people each time open up the word. But then realized it's no surprise since pastor doesn't use a bible either and usually the church is led by example.
The other thing I noticed is that, sure, maybe you don't need a bible if the scripture is going to be displayed up on the giant screen (curious what Jesus would think of these times we live in lol) but when the words that are continuously displayed are 98% quoting the pastor and only a few from the word of God, that just seems kind of strange considering it's not like we are following line by line with a fill in the blank hand out.
I admired the worship and was thankful for the gift bag with the coffee cup printed with your big logo. Kind of funny advertising your church for newcomers... but not even a verse printed in sight.
I know your message is "YOU have a story to tell. YOU can change then world, etc etc" but Jesus has a story to tell. We are to tell his story. Do his works. And after every word I heard at each service it seemed to fluff us all up about how great we are, which I'm not denying. But to not follow up with acknowledging the Lord and his hand on us and in our lives seemed very Joel osteen to me.
I feel weird even reviewing a church but the final reason that brought me to it is the pastor ended the last service with saying he didn't recommend and would never suggest such a thing... to change scripture. But he did anyway. In the big words on the screen with the chapter and verse there too.. but with his own interpreted words.
Nice place, but a "feel good" church. And if you can't leave the house of the Lord feeling convicted as heck, then something must be amiss. We aren't perfect and we are in need of a savior desperately. For this life and to get into the next. And honestly I left Active feeling like God was a magic genie and I'm awesome as is. read more