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As for the church hopping question.

The evangelical church was one of the first I can remember, and at the time it seemed just like how church was. Sunday school tended to have candy rewards for sword drills at least (:

The baptist church I attended for many years until I was about nineteen. I enjoyed it for most of it, the head pastor was very strong in his messages and there was a great youth pastor there who did Sunday evening messages as well. There was a lot of more in-depth sermons by him, things like comparing translations and character studies of some of the Apostles if I remember right. In the last couple years I was feeling the messages to grow a bit repetitious and stale. I also started to recognize and pray on a couple topics like their different beliefs on LGBT+ individuals and how the church leadership handled some difficult situations.

I started attending the non-denominational church when I moved to a somewhat bigger city for work. The up-beat music and energetic feeling of everything definitely drew me in and the modern feeling of the whole thing. I ended up attending for about 4 years I think, and volunteered for three of them on the audio/video team and assisting in setup and takedown of larger events we did. About three months ago I got to a tough crossroads with their mission.

Essentially their mission statement is “The most people in the shortest time,” as in trying to reach as many people in as big numbers as possible. The church has seen a lot of growth in the short time I’ve been there, going from two physical locations to four and an online presence. The downside is that almost all material is for new Christians and the amount of more “veteran” deep dives and messages were non-existent. I’ve been visiting a couple of smaller and more traditional places since then, including the Baptist church I grew up in. They just got a new head pastor and he’s great.

Those are all my experiences at least. I’d love to hear what some of your backgrounds are if you’d like to share anyway.