Moving is a big deal.
I have written about the upheaval that resulted from moving from CA to KS.
I have written about the adjustments we have had to make in moving from our own house into an apartment.
I have written about the challenges that my two youngest children have faced in entering public school for the first time after being taught at home their entire life.
However, I haven’t written about the difficulties of changing churches.
Prior to moving to Kansas City, I attended one church since I was radically converted to Christianity as a young college student. As you probably know, one of the primary reasons for moving to was to soak in the environment at IHOP. However, when it came to settling down and committing to a church that we can build with, I started having reservations.
We began visiting other churches. We are now regularly visitors at an Evangelical Presbyterian Church. They are Reformed (Calvinist) in the essentials and in the non-essentials (spiritual gifts, charismatic worship, etc.) they give liberty.
We went through their membership class about one month ago. We are now in the midst of a 13 week class to learn what they believe.
Now we have two churches that don’t quite fit. On the one hand, the worship and lifestyle fit us great but some of the theology gives me pause. On the other hand, the theology is better but…
Thankfully, I don’t have to decide by tomorrow…so we will keep taking the next step and see where we end up being planted.
