Tracy
I am going to throw another log on the fire (so to speak).
About 5 years ago when we moved to the city we now live in. We did a little Church shopping. During that time, when we went to these Churches, we asked to speak with the pastor. During one of those interviews we asked the pastor if they had a statement of faith.
He pulled out a pamphlet and we took it home to read. My wife and I discussed what the pamphlet said and it was it was clear from our perspective that it was in keeping with our beliefs.
However, over the next few weeks, we began noticing things that were not in keeping with their statement of faith.
Among those things was their support of the Crystal Cathedral.
As soon as I could I went to the pastor with my concerns and to make a long story short he told me in no uncertain terms that my concerns have no merit.
He said not only did the Crystal Cathedral's beliefs line up with their statement of faith, but my other concerns were based on misunderstanding.
Needless to say that that was the last time we attended that Church.
More recently we needed to leave a Church because some emergent thought was rearing it's ugly head.
Fortunately, a new pastor moved to town to pastor a local Baptist Church and we hit it off right away.
He is very Reformed and biblically centered in how he does ministry. So far I would say that this is the best Church that I have ever been to.
I mention all this not because I don't believe that a Church needs to have a statement of faith; because I think that is important. However, many Churches today in reality are not in keeping with their statement of faith, despite what they claim.
Tom
