I didn't like the local PCA church. It was too withdrawn. OTOH the Methodist Church was very active in the community. We have a very close group of conservative evangelicals in the church. We pretty much run the church.
Well, so, here's the thing.
For all its flaws, when you say you're GOP, people will assume you're probably pro-life, pro-rule-of-law, against high taxes, against huge government, pro-God, pro-family, pro-death-penalty, anti-homosexual-"marriage"....
...and when you say you're UMC, people will assume the opposite, in every regard. Because that's what the denomination is.
Dan
PCA does its mission work outside of the community for some reason that I've never understood. They pour a goodly portion of their collections into sponsoring overseas missions. They also organize mission trips that send doctors to poverty stricken islands, etc. Within the country, they focus also on missions that help widows, etc.
I have noticed that our local Methodist church is very active in the food banks, homeless shelters, etc.
PCA almost always starts a school in their area. You might say that they spend less time feeding people's stomaches and more time feeding people's souls. :-)