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Do
I have to dress up to go to church?
That is up
to you. We encourage people to come as they are and not feel that
they need to "dress up" their appearance. The gospel of Jesus
Christ means that your "heart," or inner person, needs addressing
first and foremost. Everything else flows from that.
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Why
are there children in your worship?
We believe
that God wants us to come to him as a family. That means we ALL
come to him as His children, with all our weaknesses and
shortcomings; and the wonderful picture of that reality is our
earthly family. We believe it is a parent's calling to nurture
faith in the children whom God has entrusted to them. Sending them
off to a class may seem convenient, but children need and want to
be with Mommy and Daddy, especially in worship.
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What
does it mean to be "Presbyterian"?
Some think
"Presbyterian" is synonymous with "traditional" or "conservative,"
but it isn't; it just means we are organized a certain way. In a
nutshell: we have a group of elected leaders, "Presbyters" or
Elders, who are entrusted to lead the church spiritually. Those
leaders are held accountable and assisted by the Presbyters of
other Presbyterian churches. The main point is that we have checks
and balances to which we submit so as to keep the church pure,
united and peaceful.
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What
does "Reformed" mean?
"Reformed"
refers to our beliefs. It means we follow the teachings of the
Bible as summarized by the Westminster Confession of Faith
and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. The Reformed view is, in
our view, the most consistent and throughly biblical set of
beliefs found in Christianity today and throughout history. If you
want to know more, please visit our Resource page. There you will
find many documents to help you understand where we are coming
from.
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Are
you a Korean church?
Not really.
We do belong to a Korean denomination, but we are in an
English-speaking presbytery. A presbytery is a group of pastors
and churches within our denomination. At this time we have an
ethnic make-up that is diverse, but mainly Asian. Ethnic make-up
doesn't matter to us, because it doesn't matter to Christ.
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What
kind of music do you sing?
We sing
"hymns, psalms and spiritual songs" to worship God. Music is
important to us, but more important is the meaning of the words we
sing. Hymns may sound "old," but they have much depth. Some modern
praise songs are good as well, so we try to use the best of each
genre.
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