Thursday, May 17, 2012

Reviews of Churches

There is a church in Oregon taking a woman to court for writing and blogging a bad review of the church. Now I have always thought that that would be a great help to many people. Movies are reviewed, restaurants are reviewed, books are reviewed, why shouldn't church worship services be reviewed?

Now the woman made some comments that might have become personal attacks, but I think that a review of the worship ought to be legitimate. One could talk about the size of the buildings, about the friendliness of the welcome, about the kind and style of the music and hymns, did the service last longer than announced?  How much Bible was read in the service, one passage, two, three?  How many things were in the service, honoring Veterans?, or Boy Scout Sunday?,  Who was the focus of the prayers? Did God get mentioned or where the prayers about the people in the pews?  Did the sermon have anything to do with your life?

Those are enough good questions to make a good review and help people looking for a church home to have some idea about the church that was reviewed.




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