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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This doesn't make sense. You say you love the church and then say you're uncomfortable. Why would you love something that makes you uncomfortable?

Time to go church shopping. Try Unitarian? I know a lot of people who have found that to be comfortable.[/quote]

Yeah, that's weird, isn't it?  Maybe I'm just overthinking things then.

I think it's because we've always been members of a church.[/quote]

Now I'm confused! I've been attending two churches for the last 10 years. I go back and forth, one is close to my house and one is more my style but further. One is relatively large and one is small/medium sized. I've never officially become a "member" of either. Becoming a member at one of the churches requires a casual "class" for a couple weeks and something else...can't remember...maybe agreeing with their beliefs? The other just consists of sitting down with the pastor for a little welcoming thing. Both seem very casual about it and there's no difference between members and non-members at either. No one wears an ID tag that says "member" or anything like that. Now that I think about, becoming a member does get a place in their church directory lol.

Both of these are protestant, one is non-denominational and one is Presbyterian (PCUSA). Could the casual feeling of membership and the lack of distiguishing between members and non-members be because of the denomination maybe? or the location (west coast)? Size?

I've never felt any kind of push to become a member at either. I know dozens of people at each church. I attend a couple different groups and have never even been asked to become a member or asked if I was a member. [/quote]

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