The church I attend
is the first, what I would call, "Full Gospel" church I have ever attended.
People don't have to stand up. I find that annoying. They can raise up their hands if they want.
Oh for sure we give standing ovations on rare occasions in honor of something good. Like when the Gideon man came to preach and told how many Bibles they gave out that year. Yea. I even made a loud wolf call and my preacher laughed. lol
My preacher has asked questions before during the sermon. I don't think anyone would want to answer....
In the Sanctuary is a large screen. It flashes up different stuff. Pray for our troops. Pray for different missionaries. Prayer and messages from different pastors. Youth, music, assistant pastors, etc. Then Scripture. We're suppose to be praying for stuff and preparing our hearts for worship. If you want to hang, that's cool. Plenty of place to do that. But not there.
What was strange for me when I first went there is I would see people praying with their lips moving but they were silent. Then I payed closer attention. They're praying in tongues.
Better than out loud for me. As I found that annoying as well. (At my old missions church)
I've never been to a Pentecostal or Four Square Church before, but have had friends that I worshipped with and hung with at my old missions church from those denominations.
First time my friend at my old missions church started praying in tongues it scared me. I jumped. I never seen anything like that. I looked over to the other side of the church and my Mennonite girlfriend and Catholic girlfriend were laughing and giggling at me. They could tell I was afraid. LOL LOL
AI
