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My Story
My story isn't as dramatic as most of the others, but has affected me to
the point that I never want to go to another church again.
I grew up Catholic. I met this boy at 16 who was Pentecostal. His family
was very religious. They were the most critical and demeaning people
I've ever met, he was worse. After high school I suffered major anxiety
and panic attacks and was told that God could heal me. I went to an AOG
church. No music other than Christian, no secular books, no dating, no
TV, no movies (other than Christian). It was a very controlling
atmosphere. From there I had gone to several different denominations &
non-denominational churches. The non-denominational churches were
controlling, very money hungry and excessively judgmental. I met my
now-husband at an AOG church and fell in love. Same story. Went to
another non-D church who separated my husband from his family because
they weren't a good influence and told us not to see each other because
we were getting intimate. We left that church for good. Moved to
Sarasota, went to another non-D church, they were very friendly people,
but every other sermon was about tithing, seed faith, prosperity
teaching. It was the typical Word of Faith church. They put pressure on
talking in tongues, it just didn't happen. We left several times & came
back, but the last time was 2 yrs ago. I still love the people, the
pastor and his wife, but realize that it's not biblical. We can't find a
church now. We are staying away from those types and am leaning more
toward the modern Mennonite churches.
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