How To Find A Good Church

I have many people ask me how to choose a good church. It is not a simple question to answer because churches vary as much as people do. However there are some ingredients that make up a good church that I find common in every healthy church regardless of denomination or lack thereof. You see, you can't just point to a particular denomination or non-denominational movement and say those are all good churches. Some are and some need some work. I do my best not to wave a denominational flag on this website nor to be negative about any particular church. (I take exception to that when dealing with cults or non Christian religions.) My brother is never my enemy and a church group or movement that is different than mine is not bad. I have yet to find a denomination or movement that had 100% good churches or 100% bad churches. Some are healthy and some are not. So how do you tell someone or how do you decide whether or not a church is a good church for you? Read more