There are many good places to worship and/ or become more involved with the body of Christ. This church is not one of those places. The leadership believes that they hold the ""keys to the Kingdom"" and that those outside their fold are lost or less than. There is a strong sense of community and faith, if that's what you're looking for. However, know that the price you'll have pay to belong to this body of believers is steep. Membership requires relinquishment of certain rights as to how you; raise and educate your children (K-12 and undergrad), interact with those outside the church body (including dating), choose a suitable career/job, utilize the internet/ social media/ secular entertainment and handle family finances, etc. They ""strongly encourage"" the enrollment of members' children to attend the church school, and ""strongly discourage"" member/ family participation in secular (non church approved) activities, recreational teams. The church requires sacrifice from its members; usually in the form of total loss of relationship with family members and friends who choose to worship eleswhere or who question the practices of the church leadership. They believe it shows the member's level of commitment to both the church body and their trust in the leadership. If/when when you make the choice to visit, I promise you'll be seduced by the welcome, the praise and worship, the warmth shown by the members who hug and greet you, the order/ structure of the program and the decorum of the members themselves, the ""line upon line"" Biblical teaching and the behavior/ discipline you see in the youth. I was. Then take a moment and note little things like the policeman they have on site, the ushers who walk around like secret service, the entry doors that are locked after service begins, etc. and ask yourself why. I was lucky. I got out with my family intact. Be careful!
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