Thankfully my church is not too loud. I have been in loud churches though.

Tens of thousands can gather and scream and make fools of themselves as grown men fall over or throw a ball and millions of dollars are wasted - but 100 folks praising God is too loud.........

I guess it depends what makes a good church.

I would guess you may think that because they have big churches with large media offerings. great music.

I figure it has a lot to do with the density of churches , for every nice big church with a media presence 25 small churches without a media presence or talented praise band. they are not bad just small
there are 9 tiny churches in a strip mall or renting Sunday space and 5 of them have some silver tonged crook at the pulpit.


so because there are just a lot more , there are more good and bad

Probably a cultural thing we are going through these last decades. We don't want or care about spiritual growth unless we are entertained in the process. We all take different side roads on our spiritual growth journey.

Bryce

You do it your way, I'll do it mine. Same result in the end.

I get the feeling from the church I go that we are a "come as you are church". I can't ever remember seeing anyone wearing a suit and tie. Not a hotel for saints, but a hospital for sinners.

I was thinking along these same lines. I'll pose it as a question though. What makes a church good?

A church I once belonged to became divided over a racial issue. I expect recent political issues are now a problem as well.

exactly...many dont understand this.