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[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Has anyone here ever been to a Pentecostal church? I have not but heard from a friend that his experience was the most scared he ever was and he grew up in the Bronx.

[–]jet199Instigatrix 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I have second cousins in the dodgy one in Essex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Church_%28Brentwood%29?wprov=sfla1

The services were mostly soulless American happy clappy stuff from my POV. The whole thing operates more like a branch of the Freemasons than a religion, men helping each other get on in their careers.

Other than that most normal pentecostal churches in the UK are 90% African.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

From what I've seen and heard, the mega-churches here in the U.S. are as much for networking as they are about getting closer to God. The smaller churches are more about community.