Boanerges

I have attended 5 churches over the years- a traditional church, then one split off from that one in a revival, then a inner city ministery, then a legalistic church I like to think of a crucible- and finally my (awesome) church home now- each one was a part of what I needed to learn (although some were more painful than others) and overall I believe this broad expeirience helped to prepare me to empathize and minister to people of many different backgrounds. The only one I really didn't enjoy was the legalistic one- I went in with the faith of an apostle and came out a beat up mess but it did help me understand the peolpe who are in bondage to this type of system and by the grace of God help them to be free.
I would like to add that these transitions were not done lightly and sometimes with tears but each time I had a witness in my spirit that this was the course laid out for me.