Slim pickins for local church?
Q: I live in a small area, or there's only predominant cult "churches" here, plus I work on Sunday. Is it okay to do church online in this case? I am a teen and really stuck right now.
1. Do a quick search with a solid church finder such as here.
2. Find out there is a Christian [protestant] home school co-op in your area. If so the parents there will know if there are any home churches or church meeting in a different building due to small number of members.
-Interesting fact. Most churches in USA actually average 70 people ...
- So it makes sense they wouldnt take on the high cost expenses of a church building until they have 200 members or more.
Try a reputable Christian Home School Co-op search page and inquire of those folk some recommendations.
-You can also do similarly as #4 below for further poking around based on recommendations.
3. Try using an online yellow pages.com type search to see if any are in your area.
-You can also do similarly as #4 below for further poking around based on recommendations.
The next option is a little bit tricky...
4. If there are any public colleges in your area [not associated with the cult], look at the school website and find out if they have a Christian club. * Find the Christian club on facebook.
> See who the admin's are.
-Poke around on their profile and see if they post sermons, quotes and obviously actual Christian content.
- If so contact them and ask where a biblical Christians gather in this town and county. And go from there.
*. Email and call the club contact listed on the school website.
This way you hear from 2 different people. And ask for help locating a couple solid protestant churches in the local or greater area.
My parents visited Utah for my sisters home school event in the 90s and they were surprised there were actually Christian churches in the area they went to. So they are there you just need to poke around a bit to find out. Fortunately the digital era is here and you have multiple ways to find them 😀 now.
5. Since you work, you must have access to transportation, so you might not need to worry about how to get there and home, but on the topic of working on Sunday << this has solid advice. (*Come back to this page after you review it, to see the rest of the info below).
4. If there really are none and not within an hour (with you, parents driving you or someone at that church commuting also there) then you will need to do as elderly and hospitalized do... use the internet, but
> do watch the "live stream" if possible because it includes the music worship portion (fuller worship service).
Other sermons as studies and etc during the week are good supplementally but a full worship service is best.
More resources for believers can be found here. Great stuff in there.
God bless!
