So after years of being a “lukewarm Christian” at best I finally started regularly going to a baptist church last spring, right before they stopped making people wear masks indoors. I was longing for spiritual fullness so much that I ignored the fact that they were almost all mask and government law lovers.
Shortly after joining the church the mask mandate was lifted and despite not being a fan of most of their worship music, and despite teaching out of the ESV which I have mixed feelings about, I was enjoying it.
A month ago we returned to mask-dom and couldn’t help but going back to feeling like an outsider, hating every moment of it. I “want” to go back but I feel differently about 90% of the members now (that they are suckers) and having grown quite a bit feel like I don’t even want to go anymore. What do you fellow Christians think? I almost feel like I’d only be going at this point so I don’t “look” like a backpedaler, and don’t want to offend the very good Pastors there. not into the worship music, the Bible study lessons I can get elsewhere, and im not big on socializing…
What would/did you do? Stick with it? Find a new church? Just continue to worship on my own?
Visit a new church every week until you feel comfortable with one. God will place you where you will feel at home. He knows what is best for you. Amen.
agreed. also I would NEVER attend a church that required masks
What if every church in your entire province enforces that you wear the mask?
Demons win if you quit going to church …and that was probably part of the demons plan.
Nope…I will never stop going to mass.
We will win with prayer.
then I would find people who would worship together outside, worship alone like JC, or move.
No masks, unless it's go-time ;)