Is it possible to find a Baptist church that is not legalistic but not far contemporary too?

[md2007]

Sounds like you are looking for a church that fits between Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism? Those would typically be called Conservative Evangelical (or Progressive Fundamental). I would highly recommend North Hills Community Church in Taylors: - North Hills Community Church or Heritage Bible in Greer: Heritage Bible Church: Greer, SC. Both are larger churches. Heritage would be more of a mix of dress and less contemporary style, North Hills is pretty casual with a more contemporary worship service. Both would hold to the same general beliefs and philosophy and probably sing the same songs. I'm not aware of smaller churches in the Taylors/Greer area that fit what you're looking for, but in the broader area I would recommend Grace Church Grace Church (several locations), Emmanuel Bible in Mauldin Emmanuel Bible Church, Grace Bible in Moore, or Palmetto Baptist in Powdersville Palmetto Baptist Church - Powdersville

[Annica]

lulu00 - I recommend you start your own thread to ask your questions as you'll probably get more responses. A lot of people will just look at the beginning of this one.

[ArizonaStateSunDevilFan]

Originally Posted by lulu00

Following- will also be looking for the same type of church as Irishcookies when i move to Greer hopefully this summer. I go to a independant fundemental baptist church now-it has great bible preaching but to me it's borderline cult with some of the standards (women no pants, no movies, no fb, total seperation etc.) . Dont mean to hihack your post Irishcookies but while we are on the subject of churches I am looking for a good christian school to send my first grader to. We currently have a school affiliated with our church that like 5 kids go to. Too small and not what I am interested in. The one my son currently goes to has about 100 students k3- 12th grade and is perfect. The one I have been recommended here is about $5000 a year. Might be too much of a stretch on our budget. Would like some other recommendations with approximate costs. thank you

My Family and I were looking for a church home something similar to you and Irishcookies. We found Truth Missionary Baptist and have been very happy with it. One way from home, it's about a 20 minute drive but it is worth it.

[momof4blessings]

Hi! So glad I found this thread! I have the same question about churches as well as schools. I will be checking out all of the previously mentioned places, but wondering if the OP or any of the others have settled in anywhere that they love?

We are possibly moving to Greenville this summer, and my biggest hesitation is that I love our church here, and second reason is our school. We are at a "Community" church now, pastored by Chuck Swindoll (so the preaching is second-to-none). They also have an unbelievable music department...many Dallas Symphony Orchestra members in the orchestra and traditional music without feeling old. (I could go on...my daughter learned Handel's Messiah for her elementary choir Christmas program last year, arranged for kids by a composer at the church.) We like it so much, we drive 30 min each way (and $40/month in tolls) to attend Sun am classes & worship service, Sun pm Awana, and Wed night programming. We also love that the kids' programming is age-specific and relevant (for example, a 5th-6th grade 'preteen' dept, instead of lumping them in with elementary). It is biblically conservative, but as far from legalistic as I have ever experienced (read some of Chuck Swindoll's books about grace). I grew up in an independent baptist church, but I really don't like how many baptist churches seem to make denomination really important (I would say I'm Christian with a capital C and baptist with a little b.)