Do you recommend any churches in the Oklahoma City area?
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How open are you?\n\nI mean, because Oklahoma City has extremely conservative and extremely liberal churches (both extremes). There are a lot of churches!\n\nThere is the Church of the Open Arms which is part of the United Church of Christ (the one's with the media campaign that says "God doesn't turn away people, neither do we. God is still speaking"). It's located on NW Classen. It is a gay friendly church (just so you know since the denomination allows churches to choose to be "welcoming" as they put it). There is also the Cathedral of Hope, but that's very much a gay church.\n\nSome of the churches downtown are really good and have outreaches. There is two on either side of the Memorial downtown (one right across the street...the other down the street). Not sure if they are denominational or not. But I know they are usually fairly active.\n\nThe City Church is nondenominational. It's downtown. You can't miss it, the building looks like a Cathedral....or like the State Capitol building. If you take the exit off of I-235 towards St. Anthony's Hospital you will pass it. I don't know how active it is, but I know it is has been a church in OKC for a long time.\n\nOklahoma City is rich in spirituality and no matter what religion you are looking for, there is probably some place for you to gather together with others. There are mosques, synagogues, churches, cathedrals, basilicas, mandirs, gurdwaras, and so much more. \n\nThe church section of the Fiest phone book is really good. It lists a lot of churches. The Buyer's Guide which is mailed out free every week to everyone in the metro area is also a good source for looking into churches. The Daily Oklahoman also tries to list churches. The Gayly Oklahoman lists gay friendly churches (if you are looking for something that liberal).\n\nAs I have told my Christian friends before that have moved to OKC...the best way to find a church is to visit a church. Go for about two or three visits and then switch and try another church for two or three visits. Make sure you both write down what it is you are looking for in a church. Make a list. Then rate the churches on a scale that you create (1-2-3 is usually a good scale 1 being that you closely matched what you would like in a church 2 being neutral: that you don't know if it matches or not and 3 being that it didn't match up). Make sure that you put stars next to what are considered "top priorities" then at the end of the three visits, add up the total score for the church. Make sure you give an extra point for each of the stars that get a 1, do nothing if those with the stars get a 2, and take away a point if it gets a 3...when calculating up the total score). It sounds really silly at first, but it can be very helpful and makes it easy to know how you rated the churches you visited. It works not just in Oklahoma City, but anywhere. It has always helped my Christian friends find the best church for them in the areas they live.\n\nI know about all of this because I have friends of a wide variety of religions: Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, etc. I'm a Hindu and love visiting the Hindu Temple (mandir) of OKC. Visiting all the many houses of worship with them definately lets me know what's available. There are even Orthodox and Unitarian-Universalist churches in OKC. So there is definately something for just about everyone!\n\nGood luck with your search. \n\nFor the record, most of the places I named do have websites if you wanted to visit them. Just do a search for their name (make sure to put the words Oklahoma City otherwise you might get a website for churches with similar names should they exist: Cathedral of Hope for example originates in Dallas so if you don't put Oklahoma City you get the Dallas website).
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If you can't find one, start one yourself. Go to all the different Churches around you and see if you can find others that are interested.
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In Oklahoma, Try a couple campsites around Tulsa. Missouri and the Ozarks are also good.
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This is not the place..go to church and meet a good person
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I know a great guy, His name is Jesus and he can be found at your local church.  Check it out...
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I have also. My hubby was saved at one in Oregon. We plan on going to another in a few weeks. THey are a blast and help you fellowship with other Christians. I learn so much from them.
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try looking in kansas city ???
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You might want to try The Saint or The Bonham. It'd probably be better to try Austin, though.
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Try visiting an Episcopal or Unitarian church. I liked Methodist too. Just visit on Sunday and see what you get from the different places. In fact, visit them all with an open mind. It is very enlightening about human nature.
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A Church I would like to see\n\nI don't get excited about being a spectator and hearing only what some elitist has to say ... a paid professional ... a "money changer" so to speak. But that is what churches are these days. I would prefer that everyone brought their own message in their heart and a song on their lips, and that the worship was led by the Spirit, and not by some sheet of paper. So the type of morning worship that I would get excited about is if the clergy kept quiet unless they were either led by the Spirit to speak something and then shut-up right after. So it would be a place where all people could suggest a song, or stand up and share what God has taught them .. and how God has delivered them from evil that week.\n\nI also don't get excited about a church with million dollar building budget. To me, that is sad to see a pristine building with plush landscape in a decapitated neighborhood. What a slander of Christ's message! I would prefer that the church building be the least of the buildings in the community. Does every member and every neighbor have air conditioning? If not, then the church should install it in their house BEFORE they install it in the church. Do all the homes have a new paint job and cut grass? \n\nThis would be a church building that I could really get excited about ... the one that is the least, and the last to be upgraded. Because I know that in that building are people that put themselves last, and they shall be put first by the Lord.\n\nWhen the people are sick of the condition of the church building, or the leaders of the church's homes, then they can just make sure that everyone else around there has it better off, and then do the upgrades to the church properties last.\n\nWe can call it Last Baptist Church in __ (your town here.) Want to come?
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I don't know anyone there, but you may want to check this site: http://oklahoma.uscity.net/Bands/\nGood luck.
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I would contact a local SDA church and ask them
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I Googled \n["Timothy Alden" Church California]\nand found some google blurbs for the City of Praise Christian Church in Torrance, but the church itself doesn't seem to have a web site. If it does, it doesn't register with Google.
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Yes, I attend every Sunday, Lord willing! And, I am Christian, attend An (AME) African Methodist Episcopal Church. I will be on my way there shortly. The doors open at 10A.M. and everyone is welcome.  Have a great day, and God bless
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They still exist you can go there on sundays at the marriott in Irvine CA . Or if you like where ever you are from you can go into the directory on on google, and do  search for La church of christ and you should find more information i hope this helps have a great day.
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Look to the church of opie
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I live in a small town in Kansas; right in the center of the USA.  Our population is under 30,000 people.\n\nWe have:\n\n2 Jewish synagogues\n1 Muslim Temple\n1 Pagan sanctuary\n6 Roman Catholic Churches\n4 Baptist churches\n5 (that I know of) Covens (Wiccan)\n5 Protestant churches\n1 Jahovah's Witness' meeting hall\n1 Irish Catholic church\n1 Seventh Day Adventist church\n3 Lutheran churches\n2 Jesus' Christ of Later Day Saints churches\n2 Non-denominational Christian churches\n2 Korean/Christian churches\n2 All Faith religious Centers (catering to any/all religions)\n2 Mormon Churches\n1 Bahai group\n2 New Age Metaphysical groups\n1 Church of Satan\n...  and easily 10 more churches/worhip places which, honestly, I don't know who attends.\n\nI've actually looked for a complete list of churches in Kansas, but can't find one.  There are literally thousands, of varieing faiths.  For all the variety of faiths practicing openly in Kansas, Kansas is, itself, accepted as being one of the more conservative states in our Union.\n\n  \nYou're getting the idea that we really do have a large mix of faiths/spirital practictioners in any area of the USA.  While any given religion might not actually be accepting of another; we do reasonably well at tolerating, if nothing more, people of other faiths.  And tentions/hostilities which do exist are generally demonstrated more covertly than overtly.\n\nSpecifically to Catholicism:  The Roman Catholic Churches in the USA are a bit at odds with The Vatican.  They don't adhere to Papal authority as much as The Vatican would like, and, with some frequency, are threatened with ex-communication.\n\nI hope that gives you some insight into how things work here.  Thanks.