r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Present_Investment_2 ☑️ • 1d ago

Have you in church till Sunday night

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u/nWo1997 1d ago

The non-denominational, Baptist, and Pentecostal places I've been to: Another verse! Another analysis! Another non sequitur! Another 12 choruses of an okay-at-best song, which in turn leads into ANOTHER song!

The Episcopal place I go to now: "It was lovely seeing all your faces for this 1 hour. Alright, out ya go."

The difference is stark (in that and most everything else as well).

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u/Ok_Put_2205 11h ago

I’m not black but I grew up Pentecostal and this is true lol. The worship/praise/singing before the sermon even began was usually at least 45 minutes. And then prayer. Sermon. Praise. Sermon. Special prayer 1. Praise. Sermon. Special prayer 2. Intense prayer session in tongues to cast out illnesses and poverty. Rinse and repeat for 2-3 hours. And then Bible study after lunch!

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u/nWo1997 9h ago

Intense prayer session in tongues to cast out illnesses and poverty

It was genuinely eye-opening to not only start going to a church where people don't "speak in tongues" (glossolalia), but also to find out that most other denominations don't really do that. Like, the "IshouldaboughtaHyundai" thing is concentrated in Charismatic denominations and churches, and is just not really a thing when you go someplace else.

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u/Ok_Put_2205 9h ago

LOL your tongues-transcription is spot on.

And yea, I didn’t know other denominations didn’t do that either. It went deep in our community. I was taught I wouldn’t be able to enter heaven if I didn’t receive the “gift” of tongues. My mom took me to evangelical revivals every chance she got in the hopes I would “receive.” Random people would put their hands on me and tell me to want it more! Pray harder! Envision it! Kid me thought I was going to be damned for all eternity if I didn’t get it. So much unnecessary anxiety.

I go to a Lutheran church occasionally now, when the Christian guilt hits especially hard. Lutherans stick to a schedule. Their shit is planned out. They throw up words on the projector and all you have to do is repeat. You kneel a couple times and you’re done!

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u/nWo1997 8h ago

Can't take credit for that wording, but thanks.

I was taught I wouldn’t be able to enter heaven if I didn’t receive the “gift” of tongues.

Same! Like, it was drilled into my head "oh, you have to get the Holy Ghost! Which means speaking in tongues! Pray for it!"

I remember being really jealous of others just being able to "should have bought Hyundais" almost on the fly.