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Anonymous wrote:Evangelical here. I have two master degrees and a phd. I have zero interest in converting anyone. I am not part of any "church", let alone megachurch.

Isn't an obligation to convert a part of evangelicalism? Evangelizing = spreading the faith.

Nope.

What denomination are you?

None. I refuse to be part of any. I have the Bible and I am able to read.

I think you need to read your dictionary.

I think you need to pray to God for the spite that dwells in your soul.

Allow your daughter to go and afterwards ask her about her experience. Every church is not the same neither are all people. There's always a few bad apples in the bunch. I've noticed that many Catholics disparage Evangelicals without failing to mentions the flaws of Catholicism: priests raping children, nuns sleeping with priests, the Papacy advocating for one world religion.

Do you see the point I'm making? If I were to talk about Islam I go point out extremists who bomb people, have multiplied wives and treat their women as second class citizens. In every branch of religion there are people who are extremists.

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Anonymous wrote:Evangelical here. I have two master degrees and a phd. I have zero interest in converting anyone. I am not part of any "church", let alone megachurch.

Isn't an obligation to convert a part of evangelicalism? Evangelizing = spreading the faith.

Nope.

What denomination are you?

None. I refuse to be part of any. I have the Bible and I am able to read.

I think you need to read your dictionary.

Anonymous wrote:My DD (4th grade) has a few friends who go to evangelical megachurches and they are constantly asking her to go to church or religion class with them. She even got an invitation card at school to go to some big event at one friend's church (I thought it was a birthday party invitation at first and thought huh...interesting she's holding her birthday party at church!) It's just interesting to me because we are Catholic and it would just never occur to me to have DD invite friends to mass or CCD, and thinking of our Lutheran/Presbyterian/Methodist/etc. friends that's not a thing either.

Any Evangelical christians care to chime in?

I grew up in NJ and went to a active Catholic Church, I had a neighbor that did what you describe in your post. They were very pushy about trying to get me to join their church. It made my parents furious.

I was at a fast-food place for lunch today, and there was a middle-aged man instructing a high schooler on how to "save" people. (Their booth was behind mine and I heard every word.)

I was tempted to say something, but I knew it would accomplish no good (and it wasn't my place). Instead, I listened as this guy told the kid that you don't just jump at a new person with spreading the word of Jesus, but you have to "warm" them up first. I can't remember exact details, but it was coming from such an arrogant position - as if they are doing the world a favor by getting people to change their religious beliefs.

I felt sorry for the kid. He's being sent out to "spread the Gospels" without fully realizing how rude and disrespectful that is - and, to sensitive people, how harmful it can actually be.

Anonymous wrote:Evangelicals only pretend they want to be your friend (see thread on MLM, selling stuff, and non-genuine friends). It's about conversion.

Yup. I learned this the hard way, and it was a heartache to realize my "friend" only pursued the "friendship" because I was an "unsaved Jew."

Evangelicals only pretend they want to be your friend (see thread on MLM, selling stuff, and non-genuine friends). It's about conversion.

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Anonymous wrote:Evangelical here. I have two master degrees and a phd. I have zero interest in converting anyone. I am not part of any "church", let alone megachurch.

Isn't an obligation to convert a part of evangelicalism? Evangelizing = spreading the faith.

Nope.

What denomination are you?

None. I refuse to be part of any. I have the Bible and I am able to read.

Anonymous wrote:OP, your DD could be invited to a lot of other worse things. If it’s an innocent invite, I don’t see the harm. My children get invited to a number of events (non religious) by their peers, I don’t complain about it.

It's a hard no for me, OP. I'm a Christian and a minister. My kids have been to churches, temples, and mosques of many different faiths. I want them to experience different faith paths and explore their spirituality. But I draw a hard line at evangelical churches, especially southern baptist. My kids were never allowed to attend services at those types of churches. The teachings and values run counter to everything our family holds sacred.

Anonymous wrote:Some of them are perfectly innocent invitations. Hey, my youth group is going to 6 Flags, want to come? And some of them are activities that look fine until you find out that after they all played laser tag and ate pizza, they were asked to be saved and commit their lives to Christ. I'm fine with my kid going to activities with/at other churches. I'm not fine with her being ambushed and asked to make a public statement of faith.

NP-The sneakiness is what bothers me, especially with kids under 16 or so. If the invite is we're going to play laser tag! Then we're going to listen to testimonies and have the opportunity to be saved! Fine, but tell my kid all of that and tell them to get my permission.

Some of them are perfectly innocent invitations. Hey, my youth group is going to 6 Flags, want to come? And some of them are activities that look fine until you find out that after they all played laser tag and ate pizza, they were asked to be saved and commit their lives to Christ. I'm fine with my kid going to activities with/at other churches. I'm not fine with her being ambushed and asked to make a public statement of faith.

Anonymous wrote:OP, your DD could be invited to a lot of other worse things. If it’s an innocent invite, I don’t see the harm. My children get invited to a number of events (non religious) by their peers, I don’t complain about it.

If it's not an innocent invite, you'll find out when your DD returns home. She may be repulsed, nonplussed, cool or converted.

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Anonymous wrote:Evangelical here. I have two master degrees and a phd. I have zero interest in converting anyone. I am not part of any "church", let alone megachurch.

Isn't an obligation to convert a part of evangelicalism? Evangelizing = spreading the faith.

Nope.

What denomination are you?

OP, your DD could be invited to a lot of other worse things. If it’s an innocent invite, I don’t see the harm. My children get invited to a number of events (non religious) by their peers, I don’t complain about it.