I REMEMBER LINDY TELLING ME SHE ATTENDED THIS CHURCH. I went there once,many years ago & sensed it was made up of long-time locals who knew exactly who was a "regular" & who was a "newbie". This is a problem for new people who feel like the "odd man out" even if they try to make u feel at home. Nobody likes to feel as if they are the new "low man on the totem pole" if they join a church. You just like to assimilate gradually without discussion of "where ya from?" etc
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"A Church in Trouble
Bethel Reformed Church was planted in 1934 in
Bellflower California. The church will celebrate its 80th
year in ministry in 2015. There has been generations
after generations of faithful believers that have called
Bethel their home and the church thrived all the way
through the 90's. Sadly what was ..."
http://pastormikelarsen.blogspot.com/2014/11/help-encounter-church.html?m=1
