Churchless in KC

Today marks somewhere near the 6th month mark of Katie and I discontinuing our weekly church going habit. It has been the first time in our married life, and in my whole life, that this has happened. I think at first we looked around at some other churches and were somewhat hopeful to find some decent church nearby. Not to say there aren't decent Christians nearby, not at all. Its just that when we read the bible and look at how Christians today try to express their community gatherings, it seems to us that there is a disconnect. Several months ago we created a list of absolute essential requirements for any church we'd consider going to. We wanted to keep those items to a bear minimum with the possibility for lots of grace in other areas we also may not agree with. Here are a few of those things..... First, we both felt that having a plurality of elders in a group was always the biblical example and was especially important in today's church scene where the possibility of abuse of power seems to lurk everywhere. Though this first variable eliminates most churches, we couldn't compromise on this issue. Another thing we thought very important was the realization of God's authority in salvation and in His world. We just couldn't go to a fully Arminian church at this point. So this eliminates most of the rest of the churches. Recently we've realized that we don't fully appreciate the sermon-centric meetings. The Christian groups left at this point are so few as to be mostly non-existent. So what do we do?
We ask ourselves that every week almost. Compromise is not an option for us right now, so we fellowship with other Christians when we can, wherever we meet. Having a Christian mate is more meaningful to both of us now and we're trying to maximize our times together. God is good though; this life is a journey. We're greatful to be traveling with Christ in this life. If Christ is for us, who can be against us?

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Been a while since I posted and I have a few free moments at work (end of day) so I'll take full advantage! This January I start my MBA at Rockhurst U. I am curious about how this endeavor will go because this is the first major decision I have made in several years where I did not experience some (even a small)sort of leading from God, in the form of things falling into place, so to speak. The other decisions I am thinking of, getting married, moving to KC, renting our apartment, buying our car; all these had some form of satisfaction for me on the inside that the Lord wanted me to do the action. My process of deciding to go to Rockhurst has been more absent of God's leading in some ways than any of these other decisions. However, perhaps the Lord wants me to move away from making decisions primarily based on the "inner light" and give more equal weighting to practical considerations, common sense, and general biblical discernment, along with good advice/counsel. So, this is an expiriment for me then in this regard. My thirst for understanding how decision making for the Christian should take place has not abated!