Alexis Eickhoff
Politics & Religion in the US
Research Assignment - Part 1
Political Activity Experienced in My Churches Growing up, my family attended multiple churches of different denominations. My father was raised Catholic and my mother was a Lutheran. They dated for a bit in high school but neither was willing to give up their family’s religious tradition so they quickly broke up. Then, a few years after college, my parents were reunited and decided to find a church they both could support. The first church I remember attending was a Christian and Missionary Alliance church. After a few years in this congregation, my parents agreed to help start a non-denominational church. For my elementary years, my family was actively involved with this small congregation. Then, in middle school, my family moved to Arizona when my dad took a position at an Assembly of God megachurch. But this experience was short lived and we returned to Minnesota in less than a year. Since moving back, my family has attended an Evangelical Free church in St. Cloud called Westwood Community church. Now, almost ten years later, my entire family is connected at …show more content…
He tried to express his concerns for the church, but after he spoke up, they asked him to resign. One of my dad’s biggest complaints was that the church was more concerned about their image and “putting on a show” than on the spiritual state of their congregation. Basically, everything this church did was extravagant and over the top, even their political involvement, since it was all about looks and being entertaining. When this church took a stance politically, they made it a big deal of it to convince their members why this stance was the right decision. The congregation was swayed by the wonderful production and would pretty much follow anything the pastor said without
Politics & Religion in the US
Research Assignment - Part 1
Political Activity Experienced in My Churches Growing up, my family attended multiple churches of different denominations. My father was raised Catholic and my mother was a Lutheran. They dated for a bit in high school but neither was willing to give up their family’s religious tradition so they quickly broke up. Then, a few years after college, my parents were reunited and decided to find a church they both could support. The first church I remember attending was a Christian and Missionary Alliance church. After a few years in this congregation, my parents agreed to help start a non-denominational church. For my elementary years, my family was actively involved with this small congregation. Then, in middle school, my family moved to Arizona when my dad took a position at an Assembly of God megachurch. But this experience was short lived and we returned to Minnesota in less than a year. Since moving back, my family has attended an Evangelical Free church in St. Cloud called Westwood Community church. Now, almost ten years later, my entire family is connected at …show more content…
He tried to express his concerns for the church, but after he spoke up, they asked him to resign. One of my dad’s biggest complaints was that the church was more concerned about their image and “putting on a show” than on the spiritual state of their congregation. Basically, everything this church did was extravagant and over the top, even their political involvement, since it was all about looks and being entertaining. When this church took a stance politically, they made it a big deal of it to convince their members why this stance was the right decision. The congregation was swayed by the wonderful production and would pretty much follow anything the pastor said without