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Presbyterian from birth and upbringing; reached my ninth decade (no I am not ninety) committed to Progressive theology and like to hang out with the local Sea of Faith – 70% of whom indicated at one summer conference that they are still churchgoers while others have left as their theology or disgust at parish or higher decisions led them out of the fold – and their offshoot Ephesus, whose philosophy is more christian than not and who enjoy creating appropriate litanies.
Hanging on in the Presbyterian church because of the loving christian communities I belong to, in the city and at Matarangi, without which the attitude of the national Assembly repeatedly insisting that 'marriage can (biblically) be celebrated between a man and a woman' would have me, like some of my other hetero friends, formally and publicly resigning. Jesus spoke in opposition to the religious leaders, didn't he? So who are the religious leaders now?
I really value the input on these boards of the wide variety of believers, from atheists to Orthodox and everything in between, though some bewilder me.
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A few years ago we had a survey of those who read the magazine, rather than just those who post here. That included religious affiliation, whether people were clergy etc. I can't find the results of that though.
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Prayer Book Anglican (Anglican Church of Canada).
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Madame and I were both brought up Anglican (Cof E in Australia as it then was). The local church was traditional Sydney - low church, strict 1662 Prayer Book, chanted psalms and all. Madame's school catered for many boarders from country dioceses and so chapel at school was rather higher. At uni, I stayed Anglican but quickly became higher and before long A-C. Madame lapsed practice for quite a while but by the time we started going out seriously, she'd reverted to her low church prayer book parish. A few services at SJKS and CCSL changed her outlook rapidly, and that's where we've stayed.
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This fascinating series of confessions and revelations belongs in All Saints, where I'm moving it. Please hold on tightly to your denominations while I do so.
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My Anglican allegiances have altered over the years. I began as a middle of the road Anglican, became an evangelical, returned to middle of the road and over the past 15 years or so have joined an Anglo-Catholic parish. I'm inclined to think that many of us change during our journey through life and that what suits at one stage doesn't fulfil needs at a later time in life.
I too think this would be true of many people, myself included though interestingly I appear have come full circle.
What I find fascinating and even joyful is the fact that the Anglican Church still has the breadth to be able to accommodate such a journey and for someone to remain within the continuity of a denomination.
It is sometimes more challenging to make this journey across denominations without being required to leave behind the riches of one part in order to embrace the new. I was once told that I had to do that- and outwardly tried for a while but secretly held on tight to what was embedded in me.
However I also know people who have done this and whose theology and praxis have somehow managed to span denominational differences and proved a source of personal and corporate enrichment!
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I'm part of the Ichthus network which is a charismatic evangelical church with its roots largely in the anabaptist church and methodism.
Interestingly, we have quite a few people who've come from other church backgrounds and who still identify with them. E.g. we have a chap who still refers to himself as anglican and we have quite a few baptists, myself included.
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Not wishing to bore everyone silly with my life journey:
I had an agnostic/atheist upbringing then came to faith at 17 - originally Anglican I toyed with evangelicalism and Catholicism at Uni but stayed Anglican until I was about 30 when the homophobia of my then parish really got me and I had a new boyfriend so had other things to do on a Sunday morning...
After 3 years in the wilderness and just as boyfriend was leaving I decided to have a bash at Quakerism and found my spiritual home at my local Friends Meeting [London Yearly Meeting in those far off days, now known as Britain Yearly Meeting].
Since relocating to India in 1997 I still consider myself Quaker but the nearest Meeting is in Bhopal, two days away by train, each way. Having to leave here Thursday to get to Meeting then getting home Tuesday doesn't seem practical so I generally go to Latin Catholic Mass, though sometimes Syro-Malabar Catholic.
I am also happy to worship in the local Hindu Temple [150 metres away] and have a bit of an affinity for Ganapati [Ganesh/Vinayaka].
Theologically and socially many would call me liberal but I don't really think much of the nomenclature matters.
God is God whatever religion is practiced.
Sree Narayanan Guru is my sort of hero in this regard.
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I'm a lifelong Presbyterian (Church of Scotland). I started moving towards the conservative side of the church in my twenties. I then switched and moved towards the liberal side in my thirties, where I've been ever since.
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Con Evo CofE to Con Evo/Charismatic Baptist (BUGB). Reformed in belief and teaching, Charismatic in expression larded with a dash of liberation theology and socialism.
I'm part of church where the background of attendees is pretty much the kind of norm you'd expect for a Baptist Church. We've people from across the theological spectrum from atheists to pentecostalists and from Brethren to Catholic backgrounds.
I left the CofE once before returning later. In that case it was a consumer decision: moving with work, the only local CofE church close to our new home had no children and was deadly dull with no teaching at all. We joined the Baptist church which had children's work and all of the active Anglicans.
I left the CofE for good when I got really annoyed at the lack of leadership, daft hierarchies and hoops you had to jump through and once again, no local church that we felt we could fit into, however hard we tried to meet more than halfway. Let's just say I can find better things to talk about at church than your latest expensive holiday, new car or refitted kitchen.
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In my case, probably best classified as broadly evangelical Protestant. Came to faith through a (non-denominational) evangelical youth organisation with early church experience being Methodist. University was primarily Methodist and non-denominational evangelical with strong Anglican influences thrown into the mix. Post-university brought me into Congregationalism and then URC, which is probably closest to my home now (though, I'm still far evangelical that the average for the URC). I'm currently worshipping at a Lutheran church.
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Baptised RCC, still on the roll of the CofE but attending an independent (mostly) charismatic church. The effect is that I'm somewhere between these three points so that in a RC church I'm the charismatic Anglican, though I'd never describe myself as such.
btw, you can get an 'I thought this was a Christian website' mug!
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What it says on the tin.
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I wasn't going to add my name to this thread, but having just said on the 'Progressive Christianity or Progressive Christianity?' thread that I'm not a 'progressive Christian', I thought I'd better come here and say that I'm not a progressive Christian, I'm an ordinary Christian. Denominationally I'm CofE.
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Liberal Catholic C of E here, with strong mystical and (possibly directly related) slight charismatic tendencies. The effect of that is liberal theology, a low attitude to the Bible (partly due to a literary academic background), a love of liturgy and liturgical music and an acceptance of tradition as an organic thing which needs to grow and adapt to survive.
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Raised low church Anglican, prayer book, north end, all that stuff (I later discovered the minister was an Anglo-Catholic who cut his jib to suit his parishoners). On the few occasions I go to my home town that church (since moved on to liberal Anglican, with women clergy) is still the one I fetch up at (don't tell the Pope), because of family memories and such. However I was exposed to a lot of Catholic theology because my father's extended family was.
Nearly 50 years ago, I felt that I no longer belonged on that part of the spectrum. Since then I have been a practising Catholic of the Roman sort. I'm actual quite conservative in myself, but friends here and in Real Life (whatever that is) know that, when circumstances dictate, I can be quite comfortable elsewhere.
Perhaps I am not a Real Catholic . The older I get the less it seems to matter, but on a normal Sunday, I am at my usual spot.
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I'm a Baptist born and bred and have never really felt a "pull" from any other tradition. That isn't to say I don't respect or appreciate other traditions, just that I think my roots are in the Baptist way of doing & being church and it's actually quite a significant part of "my" Christianity, my "faith journey" ( ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif) hate that phrase). I did have a brief dalliance with charismaticism when I was in the university CU, but I never inhaled...
That said, I think in recent years I've moved in a more liturgical direction, by which I think I mean that I've found myself more and more interested in/concerned with the "whys" and "hows" of worship services: why we do the things we do, what their purpose is and how they can best draw us into an encounter with God collectively. Though I don't want to lose the best sort of informality that's there in the best kind of Baptist/Free Church worship, I find myself growing more and more irritated (not least with myself) when worship is too informal, too casual, too chatty and when we talk more about God than to Him: I think that's a trap we can definitely fall into. I've been to a couple of RC masses this year on behalf of our local Churches Together group and found them very powerful.
I might not be able to hold my own on Ecclesiantics, but they might make a liturgist of me yet!
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I'm a priest in the The Episcopal Church. Theologically, I'm Anglo-Catholic with Neo-Orthodox tendencies. I consider myself a moderate but probably qualify as a conservative by current TEC standards. Perhaps, the best way of describing what I mean by moderate is to say that I'm on the far right of Affirming Catholicism.
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Originally posted by croinua:
Hi.
I was wondering what sort of denominations people aligned themselves to on this website. From what I can tell, most people seem to represent a Liberal Anglican faith but I'm sure there are other denominations represented.
Why do you ask?
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Very simply because I always assumed that this was a liberal anglican website which is why I didn't join for a long time.
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Ah I see. Well there are quite a few of us liberal Anglicans around. But if you stay away from us you'll be fine.
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Atheist with a Daoist influence.
I find the wide variation in backgrounds is one of the big attractions on this site. Debate is robust - you will get your assumptions questioned - but also (mostly) civil. There almost always will be someone here who knows much more about a topic than you do. And the sense of community created among this diverse group of widely varied backgrounds and beliefs is amazing.
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Cradle Anglican and still of that mindset, despite the various waverings that have occurred. Deism seems to be a part of that.
More important to me is the congregation within which I function, which has an interesting mix of just about everything available* in this area, but which agrees on the points about "what do we do together?" Liturgy, organised but not high; discussions, free-wheeling; social outreach, important....
*The boundaries are marked by a couple of people who really only want to be in this particular not-really-Gothic building, a couple who are lapsed RC and proud Tea-Partiers, at least one Buddhist-wannabe, and an evangelical couple who want to convert the world to their exact style, but put up with us as the best they can do.
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I worship in an evangelical house church, though my theology is more universal and interfaith .
Grew up in open brethren, took myself up the road to the baptists at 16, Christian Union at University, Christian counter-culture on moving to Australia, decades of not finding a home until this decade.
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I came to know the Lord as a kid in the Brethren (open)
and since then have been enriched on my journey via Anglican Catholicism, Zen, Society of Friends and MCC.
I have also been a mass attender since my teens (on and off), and am being received into the RCC in 37 days time.
Very good. I'll pray for you.
I probably should also say that I'm a Catholic although theologically, I'm quite liberal.
Thanks very much for that.
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I minister in the Uniting Church in Australia. In the 70s, the Prebyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists joined together, more or less...
So, that's me.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Ah I see. Well there are quite a few of us liberal Anglicans around. But if you stay away from us you'll be fine.
Hence the old chestnut - "there's nothing more dangerous than a cornered Liberal Anglican"?
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Wandering, trying to find a "home" which probably isn't where I am at the moment (Anglican). But strong leanings to Celtic spirituality plus Messy Church.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Ah I see. Well there are quite a few of us liberal Anglicans around. But if you stay away from us you'll be fine.
Hence the old chestnut - "there's nothing more dangerous than a cornered Liberal Anglican"?
That's an old chestnut is it? Never heard it before.
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Originally posted by Stejjie:
I'm a Baptist born and bred and have never really felt a "pull" from any other tradition.... I did have a brief dalliance with charismaticism when I was in the university CU, but I never inhaled...
That said, I think in recent years I've moved in a more liturgical direction, by which I think I mean that I've found myself more and more interested in/concerned with the "whys" and "hows" of worship services: why we do the things we do, what their purpose is and how they can best draw us into an encounter with God collectively. ...
I might not be able to hold my own on Ecclesiantics, but they might make a liturgist of me yet!
Much the same for me (though I feel a strong pull towards the URC); however I was actually brought up as an Anglican and only became a Baptist when I was 19.
Theologically I am too liberal for most Evangelical and too evangelical for most Liberals! (For instance, I am pro-SSM, I do not believe in a literal six-day creation, I believe that the Bible has to be read within the context of both writer and reader, I am willing to say, "I don't know" to quite a few matters of faith ...). Where's the nearest fence? I need to sit down.
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I was baptised, grew up and did my Public Confession in the Hervormde Kerk in the Netherlands (one of the two Reformed Churches; later they merged).
As a student, I got into an Ecumenical Group. This is the name for most Alt.worship groups of the Netherlands. We don't consider ourselves a separate denomination (we're ecumenical after all), so in a sense I never left my 'old' church.
When I started travelling to Latin America, I got involved with Liberation Theology. This is still a big influence on my faith. This was mostly through the Lutheran church (IECLB, I think it's the equivalent of ELCA). I got involved in their Base Groups, did a lot of work in their social projects, and I even taught Bible Exegesis in one of their theology schools.
Today, I still worship in a Lutheran Church here. They even ask me to preach from time to time. I don't consider myself Lutheran though.
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Baptist.
Started attending when I was eight. Converted and baptised at fourteen.
Many years later I‘m on my third Baptist Church thanks to moving around the country.
Wouldn’t be a member of any other denomination. I only have to commit to the trinity, credo-baptism and the primacy of the church members meeting as the way of discerning God’s will. All other theology is up for grabs
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Anglican till 12.
Atheist till 19.
Baptist till 35.
Anglican till 50 or so.
Now Quaker attender.
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As for me... I grew up with no church background whatsoever, became interested in Christianity in my teens but it took me twenty years to do anything about it. I started attending a Baptist church in my mid thirties then moved on to an Anglican church (the evangelical sort) a few years later. I was baptised and confirmed at the age of 40 and am still just about hanging in there 20 years later.
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Presbyterian and Reformed. As I was predestined to be. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I am cradle Church of Scotland, and now a minister thereof. Theologically I am a kind of liberal Calvinist, which is not an oxymoron: think of all the mainstream Presbyterian churches.
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Theologically I am too liberal for most Evangelical and too evangelical for most Liberals! (For instance, I am pro-SSM, I do not believe in a literal six-day creation, I believe that the Bible has to be read within the context of both writer and reader, I am willing to say, "I don't know" to quite a few matters of faith ...). Where's the nearest fence? I need to sit down.
The fence is a bit crowded.
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
Were I to give testimony, I'd have to begin "you see there was this girl...."
And mine would begin "My friend asked me if I would like to meet some girls. When I said yes, he invited me to a youth group. He didn't mention Christianity once."
I'm a former charismatic evangelical, who spent over 10 years in a Baptist church before finding my way to the C of E. Now an Anglican priest recently relocated to Canada. Most people would probably mark me down as liberal.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Originally posted by itsarumdo:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Ah I see. Well there are quite a few of us liberal Anglicans around. But if you stay away from us you'll be fine.
Hence the old chestnut - "there's nothing more dangerous than a cornered Liberal Anglican"?
That's an old chestnut is it? Never heard it before.
sorry I should have added ![[Biased]](wink.gif) or ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif) or ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) or even ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) Actually, the story of the years prior to the american civil war you could almost change that to be Baptist
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I'm an Atheist. I was raised in a family of Jews who weren't serious about it for a few generations and a Catholic grandfather.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Originally posted by itsarumdo:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Ah I see. Well there are quite a few of us liberal Anglicans around. But if you stay away from us you'll be fine.
Hence the old chestnut - "there's nothing more dangerous than a cornered Liberal Anglican"?
That's an old chestnut is it? Never heard it before.
sorry I should have added or or or even Actually, the story of the years prior to the american civil war you could almost change that to be Baptist
Oh I dunno. I know plenty of ferocious liberals.
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Well, you must have heard of "the intolerance of tolerants"!
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
Were I to give testimony, I'd have to begin "you see there was this girl...."
And mine would begin "My friend asked me if I would like to meet some girls. When I said yes, he invited me to a youth group. He didn't mention Christianity once."
It didn't work for me. When I was in my late teens, I entered some sort of Evangelical house group because of a girl. But it didn't really stick (neither Evangelicalism nor the girl).
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CofE, now Church in Wales, fitting very happily into the liberal Catholic Anglicanism which seems to be the tone for much of this diocese, at least. But getting a bit more Prayer Book as I get older.
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Latin Catholic (Roman Rite), of a small "t" traditionalist bent. I dislike the term "conservative" because today's conservative is simply yesterday's liberal.
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Nenuphar
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As a child, my parents sent me to Methodist Sunday school, where I learned to love the scriptures but somehow (albeit rather incoherently) I felt drawn to Catholicism. (The Apostles Creed was printed in the back of my Methodist hymn book, and I saw, with some surprise, that I was a member of the one, holy catholic church. Well, I was only about 9 or 10.) At fifteen, with the support of, but not because of, a boyfriend, I was confirmed as an Anglican. By the time I was 18 and at University, I was definitely drawn more and more to Catholicism, but resisted the call except when studying in Spain, when I could (and did) go to daily Mass. However, I remained an Anglican and convinced myself (after some none-too-accurate study) of the "branch" theory of Anglicanism (which believes that there are 3 branches of the true faith, Roman Catholicism, the Orthodox, and the C of E). I believed all the dogma of the Catholic Church apart from the necessity to believe as de fide the four most recently defined dogmas (the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Our Lady, the Universal Jurisdiction and Infallibility of the Pope), which I thought were Good Things To Believe, but not truths essential for salvation. And so I resisted the call of Holy Mother Church again.
Matters came to a head around 1993 with the decision of the C of E to ordain women priests. I wasn't opposed to them per se, but felt strongly that if the Holy Spirit wanted women priests, He would definitely tell the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox as well, as they comprised the majority of Christians worldwide. This issue of where authority ultimately lay led to more profound and accurate study of Catholicism, and in 1994 my husband and I were received into the Catholic Church. In my innocence I felt I had "come home" at last, not knowing then that many, many converts feel this (so welcome home, fullgospel!). Never for one minute have I regretted my decision, and I love, study and practise my faith more every day. (Even going on a pilgrimage to Rome next week!)
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Jengie jon
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I am United Reformed Church(URC), the UK version. I was baptised into The Bantu Congregational Church of the American Board! But on returning to England I was raised in Congregational Church of England until 1972 when that mergered with the Presbyterian Church of England to for the United Reformed Church in England and Wales. Before you ask we are two mergers later which have been reflected by minor name changes.
Personally I am theologically shaped by the Reformed tradition, but have a lot of sympathy with the tolerant attitude of English dissent and worship wise a liking for both formality and silence. This means that I appreciate a lot of different denominational traditions. However, I return to the Reformed tradition, in the knowledge that this is where the weird uncles are my weird uncles and while I might not like the tutting of Puritan aunts, they still put up with my odd ramblings because we are family.
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Originally posted by Nenuphar:
As a child, my parents sent me to Methodist Sunday school, where I learned to love the scriptures but somehow (albeit rather incoherently) I felt drawn to Catholicism. (The Apostles Creed was printed in the back of my Methodist hymn book, and I saw, with some surprise, that I was a member of the one, holy catholic church. Well, I was only about 9 or 10.) At fifteen, with the support of, but not because of, a boyfriend, I was confirmed as an Anglican. By the time I was 18 and at University, I was definitely drawn more and more to Catholicism, but resisted the call except when studying in Spain, when I could (and did) go to daily Mass. However, I remained an Anglican and convinced myself (after some none-too-accurate study) of the "branch" theory of Anglicanism (which believes that there are 3 branches of the true faith, Roman Catholicism, the Orthodox, and the C of E). I believed all the dogma of the Catholic Church apart from the necessity to believe as de fide the four most recently defined dogmas (the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Our Lady, the Universal Jurisdiction and Infallibility of the Pope), which I thought were Good Things To Believe, but not truths essential for salvation. And so I resisted the call of Holy Mother Church again.
Matters came to a head around 1993 with the decision of the C of E to ordain women priests. I wasn't opposed to them per se, but felt strongly that if the Holy Spirit wanted women priests, He would definitely tell the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox as well, as they comprised the majority of Christians worldwide. This issue of where authority ultimately lay led to more profound and accurate study of Catholicism, and in 1994 my husband and I were received into the Catholic Church. In my innocence I felt I had "come home" at last, not knowing then that many, many converts feel this (so welcome home, fullgospel!). Never for one minute have I regretted my decision, and I love, study and practise my faith more every day. (Even going on a pilgrimage to Rome next week!)
Many thanks for this, Nenuphar.
Much appreicated.
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Jemima the 9th
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
Were I to give testimony, I'd have to begin "you see there was this girl...."
Mine would begin "I wanted to meet some boys......."
Having been dragged around various churches - CofE, methodist & Elim pentecostal - as a kid, my parents were having a non-church phase when I pitched up at the local CofE looking for boys......
And 20odd years later, I'm still there (via a foray into more charismatic Holy Trinity Brompton type places whilst at university). I'd like to be a Quaker, but family wise the parish church is where we're at.
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Often thought I'd be comfortable yet kept on my toes at most Protestant churches as long as not too stuffy or where you need to be very expressive and extrovert in worship to fit in. But always end up wanting to return to the CofE.
Liberal on some issues and orthodox (small 'o') on others (don't like the terms 'conservative' to mean preferring a strict interpretation of the Bible - to me a 'conservative' Christian is one over-concerned with man-made traditions). But I sometimes wonder if my mind still lives in the 1980s. Especially as I'm perceiving an increasing polarisation in Evangelicalism and don't really feel part of any camp.
Tried Charismatic churches in the past and my wife likes visiting them on holiday, but they did nothing for my faith and I felt I wasn't really adding anything to them.
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