Church at its best is about community, and community doesn't always map to your zip code. This is not a terrible thing, and Protestants are in some ways very lucky. Were you Catholic, parish hunting is often frowned upon.
As for communion, it is just what it says: union with your community. If this church is not your community, then communion with them might not be beneficial for either of you. Communion has little to do with your relationship with God; that is between you and God. Communion is about your relationship with others; your attestation to shared values. That should be done with people who you actually share values with.
Like any bad relationship, sometimes you have to give a little, and sometimes you are just incompatible and should move on. Only you know which is the case here.
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Date: 2007-02-26 06:16 pm (UTC)As for communion, it is just what it says: union with your community. If this church is not your community, then communion with them might not be beneficial for either of you. Communion has little to do with your relationship with God; that is between you and God. Communion is about your relationship with others; your attestation to shared values. That should be done with people who you actually share values with.
Like any bad relationship, sometimes you have to give a little, and sometimes you are just incompatible and should move on. Only you know which is the case here.