help for a friend looking at options within Christianity--need advice

[gryphon77]

O.k. Everyone, I have a friend on FB who is looking at options, and she basically asked me for advice because I like to talk about religion and have no problems discussing things openly. Unfortunately while I could go on at length about what *I* think makes a good christian, and a good chruch, it's not from a christian perspective, and I don't

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[revjack]

As far as church recommendations go, I'll put in a good word for the Quakers and the Mennonites in Urbana. I've only got surface experience with either, but I spent about a year touring many churches in town, and those were my favorite. The Quakers seemed to have the best structure, the Mennonites seemed the sincerest (as in pumpkin patch

[ianphanes]

I'm active in Emmanuel Memorial Episcopal Church in downtown Champaign. The liturgy is very much like the Catholic liturgy I grew up with, but it's more open. We have a broad range of political and theological opinions in the congregation, and that seems to be ok with pretty much everyone. The rector knows that I'm pagan as well as Christian, and he was fine with me joining. (I made an appointment to talk to him about my paganism before asking for confirmation.) The main message I hear over and over again in sermons is that God loves *everyone*

Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting (the Quakers) is not particularly Christian. One can certainly be a Christian in the Meeting, but one will probably be in the minority. If your friend is looking for a specifically Christian community, that would eliminate both the Quakers and the Unitarian-Universalists.