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I have always strayed away from "traditional" denominations. I was raised in a non-dom church called The Vineyard that is now all over the world. I really think that in sooooo many cases the church has things all wrong. For years the emphasis for churchgoers was all about which had the most members or the largest building. I am now part of a group of about 20 people that meet in homes once or twice a week and read the Bible and sing worship songs. We believe in a "first church" type of setting. In the early church the emphasis was on relationships with each other within community. People did more than put on a church face on Sunday, they actually lived thier lives together! Thier children grew up together. We have made a commitment to not get any larger as a group than we currently are, so as we expand we split off into more small groups. Quite a diff idea as compared to the "megachurches" that rise up all over the US. I still keep good ties with folks from The Vineyard as there is alot of good things going on there........wow Ive said a mouthful