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To: aMorePerfectUnion

You’re right on that.

I live in a small resort town in the mountains of Oregon and the only preachers that wear ties are the dwindling Missionary Baptist churches.

The growing, Evangelical churches all teach the Bible, and are strict in its preaching, but they wear jeans, t-shirts and tennis shoes, like everyone else in town.

They also use electric guitars and drums.

It’s just like Paul being Greek to the Greeks, Roman tro the Romans, etc.


101 posted on 04/03/2018 7:20:28 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: Sir_Ed

It is simply the reality of a changing culture, and becoming all things to reach some.

And the former culture is dying out slowly.

It is very possible to find traditional churches, but there are shrinking.

We began attending a church that was culturally relevant and biblically accurate and growing.

When we joined, it had one location and 5-6,000 members.

Just 10 years later, 10 locations and 16,000.

When they hold baptism (quarterly), typically 100 or more get baptized. Old, young, pierced, tattooed, former addicts, people who had grown up in churches but drifted away. It is amazing to hear their testimonies and see God at work.


103 posted on 04/03/2018 7:28:14 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Q is Barron Trump, time-traveling back from the future, to help his dad fight the deep state.)
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To: Sir_Ed

I assume you’d favor someone showing up at the Oval Office dressed like this.


106 posted on 04/03/2018 9:08:20 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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