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?
1-We know masks dont help but they dont. First I would keep a copy of Fauchi's published report that those who died in Spanish flu were those who wore masks, that they developed bacterial pneumonia. So I'd go to church maskless and if approached give them a copy of the report.
2-When asked to leave I would peacefully leave the interior of the church but remain outside the doors and continue to worship. I have heard stories that people on the street joined in, others thought it was a protest, got on the news and minister changed the policy.
3-When all else fails there are other churches to try, shop around. At least you did your part in showing you are there to worship God not man.
PS - Since cloth, paper and N95 masks dont work, why not show up with a gas mask to prove a point.