Would love for you to start a thread sometime about the strengths and weaknesses of each congregation from your experiences of same.
Perhaps answering these sorts of questions:
1. Worship has these characteristics in XYZ congregation.
2. Preaching has these characteristics . . .
3. Classes . . .
4. Fellowship . . .
5. Sub-culture of the congregation
6. approachability of the parishioners
7. humility of the leadership
8. Solidness of the Biblical teaching
9. congruence between talk and walk
10. warmth, welcoming character
11 meeting the needs of their own
12. outreach to poor and missions.
That is a great idea Quix, I will copy off your list and start working on it.
Prior to homeschooling, I've sent my kids to Catholic and Lutheran private schools. Mormons have wonderful community pot lucks, and full contact ward basketball can't be beat. Nobody can out sing the Baptists! The Buddhists throw an Obon street party yearly. The art and food cannot be beat. Taiko Drummers! I did read the Watchtower, because it was early Saturday and the coffee was ready.
We can dwell on our differences, or we can treasure what we have in common.
That's how I see it.
God bless Jim, his family and his mission. Our mission.
I'd say that there is WAY too much variability between individual churchs in just ONE denomination for this to be very meaningful.