I found a new site (Christian)

[cally]

For those looking for a church, I thought I'd share this site. I went looking for churches this weekend. I found this site of 'progressive' Christian churches. I went to one this Sunday and I think I found a home. I went to a Methodist Church and it had all the traditions and prayers I'm familiar with. The chuch was very progressive in it's activism like helping prison families, feeding the homeless, and encouraging members to attend the anti-war rally. I'm going to check the other one close to me, also..

Here's the site and opening statement:

Do you find more grace in the search for meaning than in absolute certainty, in the questions rather than in the answers?

Do you have religious interests and longings but cannot accept the beliefs and dogmas you associate with Christianity?

Are you repelled by claims that Christianity is the "only way"?

What we mean by "Progressive Christianity."
What's happening right now in the TCPC network.
Find a progressive church|organization |individual
Join or support the TCPC network.
Constellation, a Progressive Christian journal
TCPC weblogs

http://www.tcpc.org/

[RevCheesehead]

1. This is great.

I like the 8 points:

The 8 Points
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By calling ourselves progressive, we mean that we are Christians who…

1. Have found an approach to God through the life and teachings of Jesus;

2. Recognize the faithfulness of other people who have other names for the way to God's realm, and acknowledge that their ways are true for them, as our ways are true for us;

3. Understand the sharing of bread and wine in Jesus's name to be a representation of an ancient vision of God's feast for all peoples;

4. Invite all people to participate in our community and worship life without insisting that they become like us in order to be acceptable (including but not limited to):
* believers and agnostics,
* conventional Christians and questioning skeptics,
* women and men,
* those of all sexual orientations and gender identities,
* those of all races and cultures,
* those of all classes and abilities,
* those who hope for a better world and those who have lost hope;

5. Know that the way we behave toward one another and toward other people is the fullest expression of what we believe;

6. Find more grace in the search for understanding than we do in dogmatic certainty - more value in questioning than in absolutes;

7. Form ourselves into communities dedicated to equipping one another for the work we feel called to do: striving for peace and justice among all people, protecting and restoring the integrity of all God's creation, and bringing hope to those Jesus called the least of his sisters and brothers; and

8. Recognize that being followers of Jesus is costly, and entails selfless love, conscientious resistance to evil, and renunciation of privilege.

I'd love to hear anyone's reaction to that list.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. I've been there before

It seems pretty good. :)