Atlanta Folks, Help A Breh Out, Please....

[Jerz-2]

Wifey and I are moving to the ATL in September and we REALLY need a good church home.

Like, we PREFER a Black Baptist experience. Nothing wrong with a white pastor and a mixed congregation singing old hymns and whatnot, but we’re coming from a church that gets BUSY with its music ministry and want a similar experience.

Can y'all recommend some good Baptist churches in the city for this type of experience? (also, please keep locale in mind, if you can. We’re likely moving to either the Lawrenceville or Snellville areas…). our pastor will of course recommend us to some quality spots he knows down there through his associations, but we want a LIST of places to check out and pick from, yunno?

Thanks in advance, friends.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

We don't need more black people in church.

 

[L&HH]

You asking for church advice on the-coli?

 

[AVXL]

Damn y'all gonna be all the way out in Gwinnett

Not really familiar with the church life up in the Northside like that. @Atlrocafella you know of any good churches out there in South Gwinnett/Gwinnett/Hall County?

 

[MBwithadream]

Wifey and I are moving to the ATL in September and we REALLY need a good church home.

Like, we PREFER a Black Baptist experience. Nothing wrong with a white pastor and a mixed congregation singing old hymns and whatnot, but we’re coming from a church that gets BUSY with its music ministry and want a similar experience.

Can y'all recommend some good Baptist churches in the city for this type of experience? (also, please keep locale in mind, if you can. We’re likely moving to either the Lawrenceville or Snellville areas…). our pastor will of course recommend us to some quality spots he knows down there through his associations, but we want a LIST of places to check out and pick from, yunno?

Thanks in advance, friends.

give me a couple hours I'll come back to y'all.

 

[Groanman]

You'll end up sharing Wifey with pastor if she looks like she's clean.

 

[Atlrocafella]

@Jerz-2-Phila what's your feeling on megachurches?

 

[Jerz-2]

You asking for church advice on the-coli?

It's a couple of Christian cats on here heavy, I know the bul @kevm3 is a believer but I don't think he lives in ATL.

Damn y'all gonna be all the way out in Gwinnett

Yeah, my sisters live out that way. Pretty nice area, reminds me alot of South Jersey with how you can dip in and out of the city while remaining relatively close to ere'thing. I've always said, South Jerz (particularly Gloucester and Camden Counties) ain't nothing but a big ass suburb of Philadelphia anyway.

Also, if we have to come down towards the city to go to a church there, we will. It’s not so much about proximity as it is getting the right experience.

give me a couple hours I'll come back to y'all.

Good looks, like I said our pastor will of course recommend us by letter, but we want a nice cross-section of choices.

‘Preciate the responses, y’all.

 

[Jerz-2]

@Jerz-2-Phila what's your feeling on megachurches?

Was waiting for you to come in here, brotha, lol…

We’re not against megachurches whatsoever, just as long as the ministry is right, yunno?

So any recommendations are great, thanks.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

man yall gonna have a gang of choices lol...u acting like u moving to Portland, Oregon looking for a black church

 

[OneManGang]

Proximity ain't a big deal....until you start trying to make it through traffic for 5+ hours between downtown and lawrencville on the highways with Falcons playing on Sunday mornings

 

[Atlrocafella]

Was waiting for you to come in here, brotha, lol…

We’re not against megachurches whatsoever, just as long as the ministry is right, yunno?

So any recommendations are great, thanks.

Well you' want the traditional black baptist experience, great choir, a mix of modern and classic praise and worship songs, pretty good sermons, and a good church building and atmosphere. I recommend the following 2 megachurches:

Greater Travelers Rest- Dr. E Dewey Smith

Berean Christian church- Pastor kerwin lee
( the Gwinnett location is headed by pastor Kevin Lee, which is a smaller church)

 

[keond]

^^
Damn i was just about to say Berean.

Had no idea they had a Gwinnett location.

 

[Jerz-2]

man yall gonna have a gang of choices lol...u acting like u moving to Portland, Oregon looking for a black church

Not really. It really depends on the ministry, on the whether the pastor is a “teaching” pastor” or a ”pulpit pastor". There’s definitely a difference and it’s difficult if not undesirable to go from a teaching ministry to one that is not. It’s almost like taking a step down in your walk, IMO.


And by “teaching ministry” I mean…..like, our current pastor is a learned PhD with a great grasp of history, Latin, etc. I think that’s IMPORTANT when you’re trying to teach the Word of God, to have a scholarly approach, almost. This is as opposed to the type of pastor who just gets up there on some “WEEEEEELLLLLL, AHHH….THE LOORRRRRD SAAAAIIID….”. I mean, if that WORKS for certain people, so be it. But not for me. I'm tryinta get that good Word with some KNOWLEDGE behind it, yunno?

Proximity ain't a big deal....until you start trying to make it through traffic for 5+ hours between downtown and lawrencville on the highways with Falcons playing on Sunday mornings

Yeah, that’s the type of stuff we need to be cognizant of, dawggie. ‘Preciate you bringing that up, we do need to consider that.

Well you' want the traditional black baptist experience, great choir, a mix of modern and classic praise and worship songs, pretty good sermons, and a good church building and atmosphere. I recommend the following 2 megachurches:

Greater Travelers Rest- Dr. E Dewey Smith


Berean Christian church- Pastor kerwin lee

( the Gwinnett location is headed by pastor Kevin Lee, which is a smaller church)

for real, brotha. Preciate it greatly! Gonna check these places out.

 

[Yinny]

Lol at Christians on the coli. All one of them.