#a BAPTIST CHURCH

[verathena14]

hey yall can we stop with the "homophobic (or otherwise bigoted) southern family" trope and have more "not-quite-knowledgeable-about-[minority group] but well-meaning southern family" representation? kthanks

signed, a queer arkansan who's fucking tired of cishet southerners being always painted as bigoted assholes and us queer southerners being perceived as "trapped" in our homes

[anartificialsatellite]

Time for my periodic "most Christians in the US are not Catholic, half of Christians globally are not Catholic, and most of the things Tumblr users refer to as 'Catholic' in a pejorative sense are not unique to Catholicism and are often just as if not more prevalent in various Protestant denominations, I know I am being pedantic but I am begging people from predominantly Protestant societies to examine why they tend to assume the most socially harmful negatives about Christian cultures are uniquely Catholic features" post.

[the-jonestown-holotape]

[authortobenamedlater]

I find this topic relentlessly fascinating for some reason. 

I grew up in a Sunday Best family. Both my parents were in choir which had a no-denim mandate and my dad was a deacon. Our pastors always wore full suits and most of the congregation dressed up.

As an adult I’ve become more Sunday Best Lite. I have no problem wearing jeans to church now. I do still avoid leggings, sneakers or flip-flops, and shirts with logos on them. Basically anything that draws extra attention to its own name and not Jesus’s Name. I also have to keep up with my kids now which means I have to make some concessions for practicality.

I think church has become more casual across the board, at least in the Protestant/Baptist-ish circles I tend to travel. Some of it might be regional too. Nobody would have dreamed of wearing shorts at the church I went to as a kid, but I don’t judge anyone for wearing shorts in July around here 😂

Today my oldest and I are both sick so I’m watching church at home in leggings 🤣🤣 there are exceptions to every rule!

Include your denomination and region if you want.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

:-P

[heresylog]

“You gotta love people where they are.” —My grandma

[cherrypeachedpies]

edited by me.

springfield baptist church, in wilcox county, georgia.

[eretzyisrael]

[mostlythemarsh]

Held

[parkerlot1]

[misterlemonztenth]

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[televangelist666]

𝙶𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢 ♡

[the-jonestown-holotape]

[queenlua]

i visited /r/episcopalian a few weeks ago, right

which means of course now reddit is sending me annoying email updates from that subreddit

but i can't even bring myself to be too mad about it, because it turns out episcopalian drama is extremely entertaining

for instance: the rector of a church in Pasadena got pressured to FINALLY step down b/c he kept holding forums about "christian polyamory"? & in his final sermon he declared "god is polyamorous"? amazing 10/10 i want all the juicy deets

[citizenscreen]

On September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls: Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14) and Carol Denise McNair (11).

[kimberly40]

Stamey Town Missionary Baptist Church located on Stamey Branch Road in Avery County, North Carolina