[Faith-Talk] getting involved in church

[David Moore]

Hi all!
My worst experiences with my blindness has been in churches that lean toward or flat out charismatic churches.
Right away, after the service, they drug me to the front, laid hands on me, some of them even spit on their fingers.
The types of congregations who see me as a person, and not a blind person, seem to be Methodist Lutheran, Churches of Christ, and others.
Non-denominational churches, or other churches where people get into emotions to experience God seem to be the ones who feel so sorry about my blindness.
At a Church of Christ, I teach Sunday School, read the Bible passage before the sermon, and do many tasks.
I am really involved there! The type of church it is, has a lot to do with how you are treated as a blind person.
A Methodist church, for example, would never believe that a sin caused your blindness.
Just keep looking.
I have walked out of churches many times over the past 30 years LOL!
David Moore

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From: Theresa Taylor via Faith-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 3:15 PM
To: Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and religion
Cc: Theresa Taylor; Ana Martinez
Subject: Re: [Faith-Talk] getting involved in church

Oh yes! I think it is safe to say that most of us have experienced this at one time or another...smile.

Pray for God to show you ways to educate people about blindness...It might also work to talk to the senior pastor or someone else in leadership to find out why this belief about blindness persists. 

My hubby and I founded a nonprofit Seek the Son Ministries, our mission isto bring the saving power of Jesus to the disabled. We facilitate reconciliation between the church and whoever they are excluding. One of the main reasons we hear from churches on why they exclude blind people is due to the misconception that our blindness is caused by a sin in our lives. Thankfully, churches want all people to worship so with some prayer and discussion these misconceptions are cleared up.
HOpe this helps...prayingfor you.


Be a blessing to someone today
Rev. Dr. Theresa C Taylor
Blog: www.seektheson.org/blog
Website: www.seektheson.org

> On Sep 4, 2018, at 8:39 AM, Ana Martinez via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> hi all, I have a question about getting involved in church. so, because my church is far from my college and the bus doesn't run on Sundays in my city, I have to depend on rides and other people to go to church. the thing is, whenever I go with people the people I go with do not have a positive view on blindness. they are overly helpful, and they try to do everything for me. I feel that because of this, other members of the church also see me as the blind girl, and I feel that because of this is harder to get involed in the church. has anyone else had simillar experiences?
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