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You point to an extreme to validate causal, disrectful dress to worship. The gentleman you referred to was impoverished. Had the person who offensively told him to dress better knew of his circumstances, than this request was over the top in snobbery. If they did want to help the gentlemen then possible buying some clothes for him or buying something from him might have allowed him to dress better but to insult him because of his attire when he couldn't afford to wear better is inexcusable. I'm sure God had no trouble with it from your description of this man.

Having said all that, the MAJORITY of people are NOT impoverished. It's sheer laziness and disrespect to God. These folks will be dressed to the nines to go to an interview or a formal party but when it comes to going to church they look like they just rolled out of bed, hair wet from showering with something yo'd wear to clean up the yard. Better yet, if it's a young girl, she might have LOW jeans on that show off her belly button or in colder weather, snug black leather pants.

"You point to an extreme to validate causal, disrectful dress to worship"

It was not my intention to validate casual or disrespectful attire and I apologize if my post conveyed that message.I just mean that people should be mindful of what they say, words can be a powerful force. Thank you for your thoughtful response.

Prayer being a powerful force, I am asking for prayers for my son Steve who left for Ft. Lewis, Washington yesterday and from there in three weeks is going to Iraq.

It's sheer laziness and disrespect to God.

It is precisely this kind of thing which keeps people away from church. You are going to worship, are you not? That has nothing to do with what other people are wearing.

If people are being disrespectful toward God, God knows it and he'll deal with that as he sees fit.

If this was a matter held in grave importance by the congregation, might they have been a bit more gracious about it, such as saying nothing till they could meet with him privately about it, preferably OFF the church grounds? Instead it sounds like he was greeted with... "ahem, ahem, we noticed you weren't wearing a suit and this is the custom at our church."