Why I Quit Attending the Episcopal Church

First and foremost, I'm a Christian. 

All glory be to God!

I'd don't particularly care for the "you don't have to go to church to be a Christian," argument, because for the most part I think it's an excuse not to go to church. However, I'm not going to take up that debate with anyone, that's between them and God. Plus, there is an argument to be made against many modern churches.

Personally, I don't think denomination matters at all. I mean, relatively speaking. But even in denominations that have obviously strayed from orthodox Christianity, I think there is more good than bad. And from a personal standpoint, you go to church to worship God, not the church. The church's soul isn't up for salvation, yours is. Your time at church should be between you and God, not you and the church.

There aren't any perfect churches, and so for this reason I do understand the argument of "I don't go to church, but I'm a Christian." Particularly some of these churches that have swayed so far left that you wonder if they are actually even promoting God. Afterall, liberalism is the god of the godless.

A case in point is the Episcopal church. I have attended an Episcopal church off-and-on for the last 15 years. I enjoy the service, and I think there is a lot of history and tradition within the church that is fundamentally Christian. But it never fails, after a period of time attending, the church will display some overt liberalism that doesn't belong in the church, and I'll quit attending (the priest once edited the words of Christ cause it was critical of Jews). 

I should note some points of interest about the Episcopal church (I was once asked what church I attended, and when I said "Episcopal" the gentleman looked at me oddly and asked, "Why?").

Episcopalians have the highest avg IQ of any denomination at 110 (most people assume Jews have the highest, but that's not true).

11 US presidents have been Episcopalian, more than any other denomination. 

90% of Episcopalians are White.

The Episcopal church was a part of the church of England until the American Revolution. 

Membership within the Episcopal church is associated with elite affluence/influence. 

These aren't the reasons I attended the church, but they didn't hurt, either (I wasn't raised Episcopal, so this is why I bring this up.). All churches have issues. So I chose to overlook some of the liberal stuff, and just focus on giving an hour a week to God. To me, that what church attendance is all about. God gives you everything, at least you can give him an hour of your week. That's why I don't think denomination matters. I think it's behavior, prayer, repentance, faith, and most importantly, grace (without God's grace, nothing else matters).

Speaking of grace, there is a quote from the book Knowing God that I really like:

Knowing God is a matter of grace. Grace came first. We know God by faith because he first singled us out by grace.

Needless to say, it's very hard to attend a church that openly defies Christian fundamentals as much as the Episcopal church does. There church is 90% affluent Whites, yet they have this weird obsession with Blacks, gays and women (i.e. liberalism). 

Scripture is very clear about women preachers, yet who is "preaching" to Trump (and the nation) on his inauguration day? A woman. And it's all just liberal gibberish and virtue signaling. Nothing scripture based.

Speaking of scripture, let's cite the scriptures to see what they say:

1 Timothy 2:12-13 ESV “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve;”

I just can't attend a church that uses women to promote criminality, transgenderism and white genocide in the name of God. That's called blasphemy.

However, I do encorage you, dear reader, to pray daily. Repent. Seek God. Read the Bible daily. Attend some church at least on Sunday for an hour. And give all glory to God. Beg him for not only mercy, but forgiveness and grace. 

God bless!