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becauseHElives
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I guess I can say I am part of the 79% that think most Church are about organized religion. I have been to many churches and that seemed to be the case.

But I want to say, don't give up looking for a Church that is about knowing Jesus Christ. When you find one it is well worth the search.

Amen David...

I also am in this category...

I know Yahweh has a true remnant in the earth today as He always has but they are hard to find.

When you do find them you know them because of their genuine love for you and other around them.

Yahweh help us all be more like Himself through the power of the cross.

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Strive to enter in at the strait gate:for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ( Luke 13:24 )

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Unchurched Americans Turned Off by Church, Open to Christians, Lifeway Study Says

While 64 percent of the respondents think “the Christian religion is a relevant and viable religion for today,” 79 percent think Christianity “is more about organized religion than about loving God and loving people.” Seventy-two percent said they think the church ‘is full of hypocrites, people who criticize others for doing the same things they do themselves,” and 86 percent believe they “can have a good relationship with God without being involved in church.”...

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http://www.emediawire.com/releases/LifeWay_Research/Christianity/prweb613751.htm


While 64 percent of the respondents think “the Christian religion is a relevant and viable religion for today,” 79 percent think Christianity “is more about organized religion than about loving God and loving people.”

I guess I can say I am part of the 79% that think most Church are about organized religion. I have been to many churches and that seemed to be the case.

But I want to say, don't give up looking for a Church that is about knowing Jesus Christ. When you find one it is well worth the search.

Plow on, plow on...
David Campbell

[Cross]


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