We've noticed a lot of cultural differences between here and Texas but haven't talked much about the many significant differences between our current church and previous churches.
We've noticed this church seems to be more externally focused. Back in Texas, sermons seemed focused on how to be better Christians and church people occasionally did missionary work in far away places. At our old church, we would pray for others, especially victims of major disasters and national tragedies. However, our current church places a big emphasis on social justice and focuses more on the less fortunate, specifically the homeless, including serving breakfast to the homeless of the city. I rarely heard anything about the homeless in other churches I've been to. I'm not sure how to attribute those differences, whether to the uniqueness of our current church, to the fact that our old churches were all located amidst homogeneous suburbia, or to cultural differences between regions.
Anyway, we've mentioned before how he mindset here seems less insular and will try to post future examples of some of the interesting differences between church and life here versus in Texas.
We moved to Seattle in February 2008 and shared blog posts and photos during our first few years in Seattle.
- Troy & Lesley H
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Differences of church here
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That's good. But they still believe in things that aren't supported by evidence, right?
Perhaps it was just the church you were at here?? Our church has a full time missions pastor that is constantly taking and making arrangements for others to go all kinds of places. We have sent multiple teams to New Orleans area and also recently to Galveston for disaster relief. We have a group that serves to the homeless every week, volunteers at the food bank, Mission Arlington, Prison Fellowship and places like that. They work closely with Samaritan's purse on Operation Christmas Child on top of the disaster relief. While I think it is great that you have found a wonderful church there, just think there might have been places like that here too..
Just a "Texas" perspective....
Well I wasn't trying to say that one way is better than another, just pointing out the differences. At the churches I attended to in Texas, there were mission trips, like you describe. The young adults would take a trip to Louisiana or somewhere else to do mission work pretty regularly, actually. And, while that's understandable with the recent hurricanes, there just didn't seem to be a focus on the local community.
If you don't mind me asking what church do you attend/or did u attend when this was written. It sounds similar to the church I attend in Tampa, FL called the Underground. My husband and I are looking into moving to Seattle within the next 4-5years and I am curious about the churches there. Any info would be greatly appreicated. Thank you!
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