What religion is your Christianity?
When I first meet new people, and they find out that I'm a pastor, I often get asked this question: "What religion are you?" My answer is, "Christian." Then they usually say something like, "Yeah... but what religion? What kind of Christian?" So I reply, "Well... I'm a follower of Christ. That's really the only kind of Christian I know about."
If you are a follower of Christ, have you ever been asked questions like these? How do you answer them?
It's obvious that those asking such a question as "What religion are you?" are really wanting to know, "What denomination are you?" As if Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Church of God, Church of Christ, Nazarene, Presbyterian, Lutheran, etc. are all different religions.
I try to look at it like this - all of us a part of one family. There's only One Father, right? And just like any family, which is made up of smaller family units, we do things a little bit d…
If you are a follower of Christ, have you ever been asked questions like these? How do you answer them?
It's obvious that those asking such a question as "What religion are you?" are really wanting to know, "What denomination are you?" As if Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Church of God, Church of Christ, Nazarene, Presbyterian, Lutheran, etc. are all different religions.
I try to look at it like this - all of us a part of one family. There's only One Father, right? And just like any family, which is made up of smaller family units, we do things a little bit d…