“I’m Kirkland An ”” I grew up in a nondenominational church, but now I attend an Evangelical Free church in Wheaton. How about you?”
Have you heard sentences like these injected into a dialogue before? I must have used them, 11, maybe 12 times. If you have too, you might ”” like me ”” go to school in Wheaton, Illinois, deemed the most “churched” town in the US.
Because of the high density of churches around my college campus, more often than not, the response I get is similar in form, and includes a denominational change. Sometimes it’s a very small shift.
“I went to a Presbyterian church and now my church is nondenominational.”
“I used to be Baptist, but I’d just call myself Calvinist now.”
But sometimes, it’s what some might call a big shift.
Very encouraging article.
But I just have to ask: “There’s a fountain of holy water, which provides a peaceful background, and I always sit by the fountain.”
Wouldn’t that lead to a lot of people needing to go to the lavatory during services?