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An Answer, Perhaps

So I've been going to this new church lately.  It seems pretty cool.  The pastor is this really nice guy with tattoos down his arms.  The music is good.  All and all, its a very hip church with families and kids and all types of people.  The feel is very modern.  However, even with all that, their theology remains on the more conservative side.  This has turned me off a little bit.  It's interesting how the people that make up a church can be really cool and awesome and right on with a lot of things and how they can become a church.  It's even more interesting that even though they can be the church and you could be a part of it, that you might not like a lot of the teaching that happens on Sunday.

This brings up a question that needs to be asked:  Is it worth going to a church if you fit in but don't agree with the teaching on a lot of points?

I'm not sure.  I would say that it is worth going.  For one, you will never find a church that you agree with 100% of the time.  On top of that, the teaching can then inspire conversation and be good discussion topics with the church.  It will make you think and could actually grow the church.  That seems to be a major purpose of Sunday church.  Because yeah you want to learn but learning seems as though it should come more from a teacher (mentor) than a Sunday sermon. 

Sure you can learn from the sermon but to really learn comes from getting your hands dirty with the teacher.  It means struggling in thought with teacher.  It means learning hard lessons along with the easy ones.  It means following him and doing as he does. 

So yeah, church is great, but we can't forget to learn, to be taught.