Looking for a New (Protestant, Christian) Church

C.~ Gateway would be a great place to try. We have several friends that are on staff there and they are all wonderful people. Plus you can't really beat Robert Morris as a preacher. It is huge, though. My husbands cousins go to Crossroads in Lewisville/Flower Mound area. They love it. It's not tiny, but it's a lot smaller than Gateway. Good luck!

I would like to give you a personal invitation to visit us at Grace Pointe Church in Irving. Please feel free to visit our website at www.mygracepointe.com If you do visit us, I would love for you to ask for me. My name is Shellie and my husband and I are the Children's Pastors. We also have a website: www.highoctanekidz.com, feel free to visit that site too. If you have children, we would love to have them join us in our kidz church. We are under construction, so please excuse our mess if you do visit us. Thanks, and I hope you find the perfect church for your family! God Bless!

I attend Colleyville Assembly of God church on Grapevine Hwy. If you down Cheeksparger to Browntrail and turn right our church is just on the left before you get to Colleyville Blvd. There is a drive way turn in just before Walgreens on the left.
We meet Sunday mornings @ 10:30am. We have a traditional service in the mornings with a mix of new and older songs, and the first and second Sunday nights of the month we have Contemporary Services. We have a growing preschool group and many little ones in the nursery. We are growing each year it seems with children. We would love to have your family come and visit. This Sunday, Feb. 1st, our Contemporary band will be performing in the morning worship service. Our address is 4309 Colleyville Blvd. He also have communion the first Sunday of everymonth and believe in full submerssion baptism.
I also have a soon to be 4 year old son and a 6 year old son.

Irving Bible Church! When we lived in Coppell this was our church home and we loved it (and miss it). It's located on Kinwest Pkwy in Las Colinas. You would exit off Beltline on 635 if you're coming from HEB/Colleyville.

My husband and I have been attending Compass Christain Church on Hall Johnson & Pool www.mycompasschurch.com

They have communion every week and do baptism by immersion.

Hi C.!

I would love to invite you to my church, Hackberry Creek Church, which is located in North Irving on 2000 Kinwest Parkway. My husband and I have been members there for over ten years and we just love it! It is a small, family oriented congregation.

Our contemporary service is at 9:00 am and the music is great! We have communion once a month on the first Sunday of each month. I would also recommend that you visit our "Home Improvement" Sunday school class. It is a great class for those of us who are in the middle of raising families :). Where we seem to be growing in our membership is with young families who have children just about your age so I think you would be able to connect with others very quickly.

In addition to Children's Sunday school, we also have a wonderful "Children's Worship" program for children aged 4 through second grade. Before the pastor begins his sermon for the morning, the children are dismissed to go to CW so that they can have their own special worship time (bible stories, singing and arts and crafts) and mom and dad can actually hear the sermon! We also have a nursery for the smaller kiddos. Anyway sounds like it might be a good fit for you. The church is located near Irving Bible Church and right next to Las Colinas Elementary School. Let me know if you have any other questions! Also, if you would like to let me know if you plan to visit and I will look for you. Blessings! C.

Richland Hills Church of Christ is huge, but its sister church, Legacy Church of Christ has been our church home for the past 7 years. It is getting bigger, but it is certainly not the size of Richland or Gateway by any means. Go to LegacyChurchofChrist.org and check it out. Up Davis a little further north is also an even smaller church. My children attend the preschool there (which is excellent), but I haven't gone to services there. Check out www.southlakechurch.org ...like I said, it is much smaller than even Legacy, and they all seem nice from my experience with the preschool. If you do try Legacy look me up:). My name is Loni Proctor and I have a four year old and a two year old, both girls.

You may want to try Pantego Christian Church. It is off 30 at Eastchase; North of CarMax and West of Sams Club. Services are Sunday 9 and 10:45 (both are contemporary). At PBC, our structure encourages community. If you visit, be sure to talk to a representative in the lobby, so he/she can explain the purpose of home groups and community groups and 'The Scrolls' (weekly take home Bible study that relates to the upcoming weeks service). I could answer questions as well. pantego.org is the website. I think we have about 1,500 regular attenders; something like that...
~K.
PS~the nursery is great...I know many of the coordinators and workers...great staff.
PPS~Reading back through the other replies...be careful to check out the belief of the church, that Jesus came to us in flesh and bone, and the Bible is complete an the inerrant word of God. (no other text is needed to complete the Bible.) Maybe you already know this, but I wanted to expess it anyway.

While it's a bit larger than what you have in mind, give Gateway in Southlake a try. We have been attending for several months and love it. Great activities for the kids during the worship service, awesome worship, communion celebrated once a month, immersion, Spirit-filled...and the people are great. We are going to look into joining a local small group, which is really the best way to make friends in a larger church.
Check the website:
www.gatewaypeople.com

It sounds like you are describing my church...Compass Christian Church in Colleyville. It's at the corner of Pool and Hall-Johnson. Services are Saturday @ 5pm, Sunday @ 8am, 9:30am and 11am. Come check us out! This is the first church I have ever belonged to that really felt like home.

M.
"My son eats all his veggies now. Even the green ones!"
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C. -
I'm sure you'll get a lot of recommendations, as the Metroplex has tons of great churches. We love Irving Bible Church and have been there for about 7 years. It has the contemporary worship that you said you are looking for and lots of opportunities to establish friendships - through the Bible study classes, community outreach programs, MOPS, or the men's/women's ministries. We also have a 4-year-old who loves the children's program so much that she comes home and tries to teach her dolls the songs and the Bible verse for the month. :o)

I pray that you find the place that is the right fit for your family, too! :o)

Blessings on you and your family,
L.

Richland Hills Church of Christ (on NE Loop 820 at Meadow Lakes) has contemporary services on Saturday night at 5 pm and Sunday morning at 11:30 am and a traditional acappella service on Sunday morning at 9:00 am; Bible classes are Sunday morning at 10:30 am. We have communion weekly and practice baptism by immersion. We have Bible based teaching, a great children's program, wonderful adult Bible classes, small groups and many opportunities to get involved.

May I recommend you visit all the ones which have been recommended to you here, regardless of size, several times before making a decision? You just might be surprised by the experience. And, as has been mentioned before, be in prayer that God will lead you to where HE wants you to be.

Hi C.,
I think that it is so wonderful that there are people out there that want to attend church. I'm sorry that I don't know that area very well, but just wanted to encourage you to pray about it and ask the Lord to direct you to a Bible believing church where the preacher/pastor is not afraid to preach truth. Only the truth can set us free.

Thanks,

J.

Hi C.,

I saw you have already received a great many responses, but still would like to recommend my church. I attend the First United Methodist Church of Bedford and have been a member there for almost 2 yrs now. The very first time we went, we felt very welcomed and accepted and still do to this day. We practice communion the first Sunday of every month with services at 8:30 am and 11 am and Sunday school at 9:45. We have a wonderful nursery for the kids and once they're old enough for the Sunday School/Children's church there will be even more available to them. My church practices three forms of baptism with it being the person's choice as to which is right for them and full immersion is one of them. We would love to have you join our church family. Please let me know if you decide to come, I would love to have you sit with my husband and I.

Good luck and God Bless. Finding a church that really suits your needs is a difficult journey sometimes. I hope that God will lead you to the right one, even if it's not mine. =)

Dear C.,
We just started going to Gateway Church in Southlake. They also have a campus in North Richland Hills. We love it. It would be worth the visit.

M. G.

I am also going to suggest you give Gateway a try...We have been there for about 2 years and LOVE it! The Children's Ministry is amazing and it really does not take much effort to feel like you are part of a small family instead of a number at a huge church. There are life groups to meet new people and connect on a personal level and equip classes to help you in your walk. There are also a variety of services to choose from, on two different campuses so you can come at the time that works best for your family.
I know it is a serious decision, I would also suggest you try a few and really pray about it!
Blessings to you...

Hi C.,

I've been a member of Gateway Church in Southlake since 2004, and I've never felt out of place. The worship is contemporary and so filled with God's presence. Pastor Morris is amazing. I work in the Children's ministry and I love it there. My son just turned 2 but he was in the same room your 19mo old would be in and it is such a great room. We actually teach God's word to every age. We're not "babysitters". We do praise and worship with the children and they learn a lesson. You can watch Robert Morris on DayStar Thursday nights at 9pm or see his sermons online at gatewaypeople.com! Come and try us out, you won't regret it!

We finally found our church home at Compass Christian in Colleyville (Pool & Hall Johnson). I don't really have the words to describe what a difference it has made in our life's. The sermons are wonderful and always keep us thinking and the children programing is great too. Visit the website or visit a service. God Bless!

Hi there - well, I've been to several sized churches, and I always said 'I will never go to a big church, all you are is a number' - well, ha! I attend Gateway in Southlake - YES it's a mega church, but it doesn't feel like it. Go to Gatewaypeople.com...you can see Pastor Robert and listen to his messages. We have incredible classes for all aged kids, events, evening free classes for adults to strengthen their walk with God (I work the Kiosk tonite up there) - I'm a single mom, and recently plugged into 'life groups' or 'care groups' in homes. That's the key to getting involved. The smaller groups are like a family.
Don't now about 1st Baptist Grapevine, know people that go there, 1st Baptist Euless, there's an Assembly of God church on 121 and Cheeksparger that I never checked out. Gateway worship is like no other, singing and praising, clapping and worshipping. Check it out...

C.
You are too far away to attend my church or I would happily invite you here. My comment is about you wanting to void mega churches. It is unfortunate that there is a negative connotation among some folks concerning bigger churches. I have been going to my church for over 15 years, since it was a one building church with folding chairs. Now, it is what some call a mega church. While I can understand some people walking in the first time and it seeming big and overwhelming, I encourage you to remember that the building is filled with individuals who are worshipping together and serving one God. Getting involved is the key, which God commands us to do. Fellowship is not found in the worship service in any church, large or small, it is found in the small groups, and Sunday school classes, that every church has. Anyway, I hope you find a new church home. I just didn't want you to miss out on a good church just because it may be big.

Respectively,
D.

Calvary Chapel in Grapevine is awesome. We visited there often before we moved to south Arlington. They have a solid biblical based teaching, contemporary worship but not the kind that makes you feel like your there to be entertained. They also have a great children's ministry staffed by their own members (not paid outsiders), and they teach the children the bible not just babysit them. I highly recommend you at least visit. You can find their address at calvarychapel.org

Homey, close-knit. Activities and lessons geared to age level. Practices baptism by immersion and has communion every sacrament meeting. Members go out of their way to be your brother or sister in Christ. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There are two locations in Euless. But try 5312 Bransford Road. Contact is Bishop Walton at ###-###-####.

We have attended Irving Bible Church for the last 4 years, and we really love it. They observe communion once a month and baptise by immersion. They are a very open and welcoming church. I don't know if I would consider it a "mega" church, but it is large. Their childen's programs are great, and they have an awesome Women's Bible Study.

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We have small close knit congregations all over the area. You can go to www.mormon.org and find a meeting house near you. You can also email me if you have any questions. ____@____.com

I recommend Church at the Cross. It's not too big and meets all the things you are looking for in a church. It is locatee at 360 and 121. There is a giant cross at their entrance. I hope you find just the right place for your family.