Seeking Reverent SoCal Church

April 1 | self

[EliRoom8]

I am relocating in a few months and would like to live in Southern California. It could be almost anywhere -- Santa Barbara to Temecula. The one **attraction** I am after is to find an evangelical (and Bible teaching) church with a choir, no entertainment, no band nor drum set on stage. Maybe, even a place where the pastor-teacher wears a tie and slacks, not jeans and a t-shirt.

Seriously --- Am I hoping for too much?

[EliRoom8]

Well, then, this is a very big help because I’d but all given up on Baptist churches. I will refer to this list when I arrive.

[EliRoom8]

Will do.

[imardmd1]

Your list is from Favid Cloud's directory of churches presumed to be independent, fundamental, King James preaching, NOT BBF. Heres the link to your list.

https://www.wayoflife.org/directory/ca.html

These are the kinds of churches I have gone to. They will preach faith/repentance as two sides of one coin, that brings regeneration, if they meet the qualifications to be on this list:

https://www.wayoflife.org/directory/questionnaire.php

[patriotUSA]

https://www.gracechurch.org/

This is a church in the north Los Angeles area with a long strong commitment to biblical teaching. John MacArthur is the senior pastor there.

[EliRoom8]

>>Charles Ryrie<<

Bingo!!! No more calls, we have a winner!

[PAR35]

Looks like there are about 8 OPC churches scattered around the Los Angeles area. Most of them would probably fit your requirements.

(Disclosure - I am NOT, and never have been, a member of an OPC church)

http://opc.org/locator.html

[kingcanuteus]

In addition to Grace Community, what other church has an organ and is apt to hear “Rock of Ages” on a Sunday morning.

[Chickensoup]

not be but perhaps eliroom8

[LurkingSince'98]

Break the protestant yoke

Try https://masstimes.org/

Choir

NO BAND

Lots of friendly people

AMDG

[Chickensoup]

I just recommended orthodox Presbyterian to someone recently for just those reasons.

seem to be the only ones left besides the high church break-off Anglicans and the Latin Mass Catholics. at least in this neck of the woods.

[infool7]

Stop in at any Catholic Church with perpetual adoration and I can almost guarantee they will have an awesome choir and no drum set. Services are open to the public and you have no obligation to become Catholic. If you just need a peaceful place to pray, no one will notice or likely even say hello unless you engage them first.

http://www.therealpresence.org

God Bless
Happy Easter

[Thank You Rush]

“”evangelical (and Bible teaching) church with a choir, no entertainment, no band nor drum set on stage””

Those are the requirements (preference) the poster mentioned and in spite of the long list you posted, I dare say none of them would fit. We found a wonderful fundamental Baptist church after we moved to GA from CA and there were the suits/ties/no jeans/wonderful choir/fabulous piano player and I think all that’s left is the fabulous piano player.....no choir, lots of noise called music, same pastor but now in jeans and sport shirt and truthfully a real turn-off!

I made the decision that we were going to attend church there after the first sermon and I saw the hymnals on the back of the pews. My husband said, “Is this what you’re looking for” and I said, “Absolutely - they have hymnals.” Plus the pastor and sermon was real without worrying about “political correctness” - didn’t worry about driving congregants away! HA!

Sadly - I do not like the changes. A lot of members have left; some who really were the glue for senior events which were great. Got to see a lot in GA we would never have seen without participating in the senior trips. An older family pastor left and he was only reason I could get my husband to join.

[Thank You Rush]

Would be fine if there wasn’t a pipe organ. Do not like them. Feel the same about bagpipes. A lot of noise!

[kingcanuteus]

Sorry to repost again, but for Grace Community Church they livestream their services at 10:30 am Sunday https://www.gracechurch.org/live. You could know exactly what their service is like without having to drive there.

[Salvation]

Check this out too!

Coming Home Network

[Big Red Badger]

Mira Mesa...
Good call.

[EliRoom8]

Salvation,
I remember when you got on my case when I ventured onto the Catholic Caucus. That's OK, though. No hard feelings at all. But look, why in the world would I want to go RC?

We're all scratching our heads these days. And if you share the sentiments of that staunch Catholic, Pat Buchannan, you're probably recently been asking yourself, "What in the world!?!?"

[EliRoom8]

Stylistically, GCC gives a beautiful and reverent Sunday morning service. Yet, the last few times I visited there they had surrendered the evening services over to a Praise band with very little pulpit teaching.

John, in the 70's was a great grace teacher. Now he is the major proponent of Lordship salvation, while he disparages Dallas Theological Seminary, Lewis Sperry Chafer, C. I. Schofield, Zane Hodges, Charles Ryrie, and other grace teachers.

No thanks.

[LurkingSince'98]

Hi Eli

Pat Buchanan does not represent mainstream traditional Catholic thought any more than the Pope does.

Since the first Church martyred were being eaten alive in the Roman Coliseum, faithful Catholics have been freely giving their lives for their faith.

Again, you don’t need to find out what it’s like cause it is THE SAME anywhere in the world. Go to: https://masstimes.org to find a parish close to home. Look for one with an adoration chapel as another has mentioned.

For the Greater Glory of God

[EliRoom8]

>>Pat Buchanan does not represent mainstream traditional Catholic thought any more than the Pope does.<<

I'm no expert, but his viewpoint seems to be far more traditional than the Pope.

On other matters, I greatly disagree with the RCC (eg. transubstantiation, purgatory, Mariolatry, papal infallibility, priesthood, etc) and have no desire to become Catholic.