I grew up in the Assemblies of God, a very exciting, up beat kind of church. My pastor had a country band, and they played at the county fair and other events. My sister married an AG youth pastor who played in a rock band for years after he entered the ministry. Pretty cool stuff. On the other hand, too many people in the AG consider smoking, drinking, and watching R-rated movies to be mortal sin. Bart Simpson was the devil’s favorite imp.
Well, maybe he was. Maybe he still is. I couldn’t tell you.
Now I go to a completely different kind of church and a very odd one in it’s own way. They’re liturgical and somewhat formal, but nobody gets paid, and the pastors don’t have formal titles. Most of the men have beards, and several have very full beards. One man frequently wears an all black suit and a kippah, except when he wears blue jeans and a Hawaiian shirt. And at no other church have I heard the pastor quote The Simpsons, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek (TNG and the original), and Monte Python in his sermon.
Did I mention Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership and Gun Owners of America? Yep, quotes from them too.
A very cool place indeed.
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So what do you call this denomination?
Independent messianic judaism and/or messianic christianity, but it’s probably pretty unusual even for a messianic congregation.