A well - educated and professionally successful Moscow resident, she questions the existence of God,
never attends church services, and doesn't even know the Lord's Prayer, yet makes pilgrimages to remote Orthodox monasteries, where she says she experiences a holy world that fills her with utter joy and peace.
Abraham Lincoln one of the greatest Presidents ever -
never attended church period - I do nt think it is essintial for the President to have to be a member of any church.
Therefore, I must continue to believe that Jesus
never attended church.
I could see it if they weren't members and
never attended the church or if there was something about the marriage that went against church doctrine (some pastors will not marry couples who have not went through premarital counseling or had a previous divorce that the church deems wasn't on legitimate grounds, like adultery).
Consider the case of our neighbor who knew almost nothing about Christianity and who had
never attended a church service of any kind.
Meanwhile, 36 per cent say
they never attend church and one in three says they never pray.
I should also say that my parents
never attended church, but taught me to read from the Bible before I attended school, and the Creator was never only male.
Since most of you that are posting your disapproval of this man have
never attended church, why do you care what is said inside their walls?
On April 14, 2012 at 11:16 am I was birthed by parents who
never attended church while I was being raised.
Far more important than denomination is regular church attendance: 65 percent of weekly churchgoers oppose legalization (with 56 percent strongly opposed), while 70 percent of those who rarely or
never attend church think it a good idea (with 47 percent in strong support).
For the first time in the history of the United States of America more people under the age of 30 have
never attended church and yet we wonder why our young people are so misguided.
It found that 56 % consider themselves to be of no religion (versus 28 % Christian); 56 %
never attend a church or place of worship (versus 5 % attending at least weekly); 57 % saying they do not believe in a God (versus 25 % saying they do); and 53 % said religious leaders have no influence on their lives (versus 12 % saying they have a lot or a fair amount of influence).
Not exact matches
Here's an anthropological experiment for you: If you've
never attended a black
church, take two hours this Sunday and do so.
I have been encouraging friends to
attend — I've
never been in a
church that felt healthier for me or the people around me (okay — my kids are resistant, when we don't go regularly, but it seems very healthy for all the people I know and love who
attend).
He must have
never read the bible or
attended church in his life.
I left
attending a
church building and so called charismatic services over 12 years ago and I have
never been led to return.
We have lived in several cities and
attended several
churches and visited others and
never found an exception.
If they
attend church, they sometimes say that they feel similarly, but
never knew that
church attendance was optional.
Yes, Gina, for many people
church is like a family, or at least people want it to be like a family, but so many
never find that by
attending church.
no...
never did Darwin support a creator... infact quite the opposite... he
attended a
church with is religious wife but
never gave credence to a creator.
To
attend a large white
church and
never ask how the
church got there or why it's staying that way is to disengage.
I also hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun
attending Mainline Protestant
churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept scientific findings regarding climate change and evolution, practice traditional worship, preach from the lectionary, affirm women in ministry, etc., but these new attendees
never hear the leadership of the
church explain why this is the case.
Two thirds of the people regularly
attending church seldom or
never indicated to the minister any kind of response to his preaching.
The great reformers of the
church (Jesus Christ, Martin Luther, John Wesley)
never advocated leaving the
church, and in fact all
attended regularly.
I believe there are many souls out there who
attend a
church and the conscience is pricked, then they turn off the message and
never hear the love of Jesus shine.
I also hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun
attending Mainline Protestant
churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept science, avoid aligning with a single political party, practice traditional worship, preach from the lectionary, affirm women in ministry, etc. but these new attendees
never hear the leadership of the
church explain why this is the case.
I often wondered why this was
never taught in any of the
churches I've
attended.
a) In my 25 years as a praying,
church attending, bible believing Christian, I
never once experienced what I, then or now, would call «answered prayer».
I sang loudly and more or less on key, and because my father was organist and choir director of the various Lutheran
churches we
attended during my boyhood, I was always drafted for the children's choir and occasionally even given a semi-prominent role, but I was
never as good as my family heritage or personal eagerness might have predicted.
In fact, for people like me, no longer
attending «
church» has allowed me to follow Jesus in ways I had only dreamed of when I did
attend «
church» and experience the love of Jesus in ways I
never thought possible.
She had faithfully
attended the
church for a few years, but
never came to any activity beyond Sunday morning.
If you and your
church are not loving, serving, spending time, and developing friendships with people who do not
attend your
church (and who may
never come!)
The only people willing to shake my hand, show me around, and invite me to things were part of a religious group (and no, they
never tried to convert me, nor get me to
attend their
church).
I seen and heard the line of crap about helping your community while screwing members of the
church Also I did not have enough faith and thats why I developed cancer Never again will I listen to such bc again we went back to my original church a small Catholic Church and refuse to watch any mega churches or attend them Hypo
church Also I did not have enough faith and thats why I developed cancer
Never again will I listen to such bc again we went back to my original
church a small Catholic Church and refuse to watch any mega churches or attend them Hypo
church a small Catholic
Church and refuse to watch any mega churches or attend them Hypo
Church and refuse to watch any mega
churches or
attend them Hypocrites
If you
attend every mission's conference your
church hosts, but have
never learned about the marital problems of your coworker, what good is it?
Mens
churches arent the
Church, if I
never in my life
attended one, it would mean absolutely nothing to the Lord.
Is being the
church about the families who have
attended church forever, or about the ten families who will
never set foot in
church?
Is being the
church about the ten families who have been
attending church forever, or about the ten families who will
never set foot in
church?
One of my housemates started going to this
church, though he
never joined, and after a few months dragooned the rest of us into
attending a party for the younger people from his
church.
He reveals that he has
never attended seminary (though he now regularly is an adjunct professor at several), but in the common evangelical practice was chosen by a house
church as its preacher.
There are a lot of
churches that claim to be biblical, but the people who
attend them
never have their perspectives challenged.
My brother
attends a non-denominational Christian
Church and they have
never had any problems the eight years they have lived there.
Lisa, a volunteer from Life Center
Church in Spokane, Washington, had never heard of World Relief before she started attending the c
Church in Spokane, Washington, had
never heard of World Relief before she started
attending the
churchchurch.
A new study out of Harvard University found that women who go to
church at least once a week have a lower risk of suicide than women who
never attend...
My main problem is that I have
never really seen this modelled in any
church I have ever
attended.
«pops In the past, the news showed multiple times other presidents (Clinton, Bush, Reagan, etc.)
attending church, I have
never seen a video of Obama walking into a chuch.
I love the idea of joining a completely new
church, though, one I've
never attended, maybe much smaller, maybe much larger.
The bigger issue with his «Christianities» stem from the
church he claimed to have
attended for long is an imposter (what many call a
church of hate), his conversion coincides with the start of his political career, he's
never given any account of why he converted to Christianity (people who do convert invariably have very specific reasons), and in one of his books he vows that he will stand with Islam.
Remind me
never to
attend this Progressive Pukes
church!
Most
attended church in high school and earlier, but were
never captured by the
church.